Cholesterol disorders affect millions of people globally and are among the leading risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack and stroke. Statins are the first-line therapy for ...

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Check your medicine cabinet. More than 140,000 bottles of a commonly prescribed statin have been recalled due to “failed ...

Over 141,000 bottles of cholesterol medication have been recalled due to “failed dissolution specifications,” suggesting that the drugs did not pass a solubility test, or failed to dissolve at a ...

Thousands of bottles of a popular and widely used cholesterol drug are being voluntarily recalled for "failed dissolution specifications," which suggests the drugs did not properly dissolve at a ...

(NEXSTAR) – More than 140,000 bottles of a popular drug prescribed to reduce cholesterol have been recalled for a defect that could make the medication less effective. Ascend Laboratories, LLC, a New ...