Zetia has underperformed a vitamin according to the results of a new study. Zetia is taken by millions of Americans to lower LDL, when used in concert with statin drugs.

There is a major race between three drug companies to release their new weight loss drug to the market. All three new potential diet drugs are showing good results in tests. It is being reported now that these diet drugs are also showing promise to help with other health issues such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides and blood-sugar control.

A Michigan State University researcher is studying whether the most popular class of cholesterol-lowering drugs may cause muscle problems in users.

Statins are powerful drugs that reduce "bad" cholesterol and thus cut the risk of a heart attack. While these medications offer tremendous benefits to millions, they can carry side effects for some. The most frequently reported consequence is fatigue, and about nine percent of patients report statin-related pain.

Despite widespread use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, a significant number of cardiac patients continue to suffer heart attacks and stroke. Researchers theorize that high levels of an enzyme found in coronary plaques may be to blame, by making plaques more likely to rupture and block blood flow.

Things are getting more and more scary over at Schering-Plough and Merck as the problems with the cholesterol lowering drugs are looming and Lehman downgraded the stock of Merck. Most readers are aware of the ongoing Vytorin scandal and the Enhance trial debacle.

Worried about your cholesterol? You may want to schedule a few appointments with a registered dietitian, to get some sound advice about how to shape up your eating habits, according to a new national study led by University of Michigan Health System researchers.

Why do nearly 1 million people taking cholesterol-lowering statins often experience muscle cramps? Why is it that in the rare case when a diabetic takes medication for intestinal worms, his glucose levels improve? Is there any scientific basis for the purported health effects of green tea?

While discrediting Lipitor's link to memory loss, physicians say that even if Lipitor and other cholesterol-lowering drugs have mild cognitive side effects, the benefits of these drugs greatly outweigh their risks.

Statin drugs are helping many people lower their cholesterol, but a new study reveals that statins actually increase the production of another protein that limits their benefit.

Vytorin is a medication prescribed to lower high cholesterol, developed by Merck & Co and Schering-Plough Corp. It is mix of Zetia and Merck & Co.’s Zocor.

A cholesterol-lowering drug appears to disrupt sleep patterns of some patients, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007.