Cholesterol drugs act against diabetic nerve pain
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New evidence suggests the same drugs that help reduce levels of artery-clogging cholesterol might prevent nerve damage brought on by diabetes, Australian researchers said on Friday.
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Diabetes patients often neglect the most important treatment for saving lives: lowering cholesterol.
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Millions of Americans take medications to lower their cholesterol, but one such medication was taken off the market a few years ago after it led to a muscle disorder in those taking it.
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A long-acting niacin drug that  raises so-called good cholesterol showed promise in slowing the  clogging of arteries when taken along with cholesterol-lowering  statins compared to statin therapy alone, according to a small  clinical study.
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Sept. 14, 2004 -- In a study of people with heart disease, results show that high doses of the popular cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor may not prevent heart disease deaths and heart attacks -- and may cause muscle damage.
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Pfizer Inc. , the world's largest drug maker, said it won US approval to sell its Lyrica pill to treat nerve pain associated with diabetes and shingles.
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What you hear before taking prescription drugs versus what you learn afterward may make you feel like a lab rat. Before: Bayer&#39;s Baycol lowers cholesterol.
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The first drug approved to treat fibromyalgia was given the go-ahead for marketing by the Food and Drug Administration last month.  Lyrica, made by Pfizer, was approved several years ago to treat epilepsy, shingles pain and nerve pain related to diabetes. The federal agency okayed the new use aft...
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Early treatment with Lipitor (atorvastatin), a "statin" cholesterol-lowering drug, reduces the build-up of artery-clogging plaque in patients who've had a recent heart attack, new research suggests.
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A new study shows a possible link between cholesterol drugs and the prevention of Alzheimerâs disease.
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Scientists have developed a speedy way to monitor the effectiveness of cholesterol-reducing statin drugs.
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NEW YORK  - Premenopausal women who suffer  from breast pain may find relief with a drug called goserelin,  or Zoladex, which blocks the female hormone estrogen, UK  researchers report.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Scientists have discovered that an experimental plaque-clearing antibody given to mice with Alzheimer's disease not only halts nerve damage in the brain but actually reverses some of it.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs can lower the death risk of stroke patients, claim researchers.
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I am taking niacin for high cholesterol. How does it work?
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Key chemicals that carry cholesterol and fats in the blood accumulate in people with type 2 diabetes, Canadian medical scientists have discovered.  Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which blood sugar is higher than it should be.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a new study  suggest that treatment with a cholesterol-lowering statin  called simvastatin (Zocor) may have small negative effects on  brain function.