Q. I have hereditary high cholesterol and Type 1 diabetes. My endocrinologist was pushing me to take a statin. Because many people I know have side effects such as muscle pain, I resisted. Finally, he ...

Zetia and Vytorin failed to shrink artery buildup, prevent heart attacks, report says. ORLANDO, Fla. — A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin — drugs still taken by ...

A small study is stirring up big questions about ezetimibe, the active ingredient in the popular cholesterol medicines Zetia and Vytorin. A small study is stirring up big questions about ezetimibe, ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Regeneron Corp's experimental drug alirocumab helped 10 times as many high-risk patients unable to tolerate widely-used statins get their "bad" LDL cholesterol down to target ...

A widely prescribed and expensive cholesterol drug is not as effective as niacin, a cheap vitamin, in helping to unclog coronary arteries in people already taking statins, the standard medicines used ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin -- drugs that are still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year ...

CHICAGO -- Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results Sunday of a failed trial of Vytorin. Millions of Americans already take ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - After years of uncertainty, a nearly decade-long study showed that Merck & Co's cholesterol drug Zetia lowered the risk of heart attacks and strokes in high-risk heart patients ...