The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.

There's two promising options to make statins tolerable again.

Take a look at the product insert for a statin and you’ll see a long list of side effects. The majority of them, a new study suggests, are likely exaggerated. Despite their widespread use, many ...

FILE PHOTO: A box of the drug "Crestor" made by pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca is held by a pharmacy worker as he poses for a photograph at a pharmacy in London April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Luke ...

Statins are the most prescribed drugs in America. At last count, more than 50 million people were taking medications such as atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin or lovastatin to ...

Statins are the most prescribed drugs in America. At last count, over 50 million people were taking medications such as atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin or lovastatin to control ...

Misconceptions that statins come with a high risk of side effects are keeping many people away from these cholesterol-lowering drugs. A new research review has found that statins do not cause the ...

If you've avoided taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs because you're worried about the risk of developing memory loss, depression or other scary side effects, this scenario plays out more often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Almost all listed side effects for statins are not caused by the drugs, making them far safer than previously thought, a major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research indicates that the majority of side-effects commonly linked to statins are not, in fact, caused by the medication ...

Statins lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation and may be responsible for saving thousands of lives. Should everyone be taking the wonder drug? In the latest study investigating the side effects o ...

Cholesterol-lowering ‌statin drugs do not cause most of the side effects attributed to them on package inserts, a large analysis of past clinical trials found. For most people, the benefits of statins ...