Researcher explains why statins cause low rates of muscle symptoms
Friday, January 9, 2009 - 11:22
in Health & Medicine
In the January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University researcher Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., the first Sir Richard Doll Research Professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science and a renowned expert who has revealed numerous causal, therapeutic and preventive factors in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), most notably low-dose aspirin, explains why statins cause low rates of muscle symptoms. Statins are used for the treatment of lipid disorders, in particular, elevated LDL (bad) cholesterol in patients with and without prior CVD...