Cholesterol drug lowers heart attack risk, avoids muscle side effects

Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins are credited with dramatically reducing heart attacks and are some of the most-prescribed pills in the United States. But roughly 10 to 30 percent of people who try statins stop taking them because of muscle pain or other side effects. Now, new research shows that a different cholesterol drug, called bempedoic acid, canContinue reading “Cholesterol drug lowers heart attack risk, avoids muscle side effects”