Feb 5 (Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs do not cause most of the side effects attributed to them on package ...

Statins were linked to only four out of 66 suggested side effects in a major study, plus two previously known ones.

Most side-effects linked to statins are not caused by the drugs, a new study suggests. After a comprehensive review of ...

Only four of 66 undesirable outcomes attributed to statins were significant, according to a new study in the Lancet.

Many listed adverse reactions of widely used medicine to reduce cholesterol are not supported by evidence, it says ...

In a new research review, this common cholesterol-lowering medication does not cause the majority of side effects listed on ...

New research suggests that statins, effective cholesterol-lowering drugs, don't cause many of the side effects listed on ...

“In some severe cases, atorvastatin can lead to damage to the muscle fibre, so it’s important that muscle pain that increases ...

Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, including memory loss, ...

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

A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on their labels ...

Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, according to the most ...