Statins (Rosuvastatin) And Their Use Among People With Normal "Bad" Cholesterol (LDL) Levels By Salvatore Docimo Statins, also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, are a class of drugs that reduce the level of "bad" cholesterol in your blood known as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c). Statin therapy has been approved for patients who have been diagnosed with vascular disease, diabetes, or ...

<p>Crestor Reduces The Risk Of Cardiovascular Events For Much Fewer Than One Hundred Twenty Of Us</p><p>By [Http://Ezinearticles.Com/?Expert=Bentley_Thompson]Bentley Thompson</p><p></p><p>Those Cholesterol Numbers Can Be Tricky, And So Are The Reports And Advertisements You Hear ...

<div><h1> THE CRESTOR CONUNDRUM </h1><p>A groundbreaking 18,000-patient study called Jupiter dominated the AHA meeting. It found that AstraZeneca's Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering statin, reduced the number of heart attacks, strokes, and other events by 44%--results that will likely increase demand for statins. But some scientists caution it ...

<div><h1> STATINS GET A LIFT </h1><p>Pharma's big studies cost megabucks, but sometimes they really, really pay off. On Nov. 9, AstraZeneca revealed the results of a huge study of Crestor, its cholesterol-busting statin. The 18,000-patient Jupiter study found that Crestor can cut heart attacks and strokes by ...