statin answers

Resources for Learning About Statins


Medline's page on Rosuvastatin

Medline's page on Atorvastatin

and on Simvastatin

Mayo Clinic's page on HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

International Task Force for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease

MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study fact sheet on statins

National Institute of Health

Mayo Clinic on Statins

National Cancer Institute on Statins

Therapeutics Letter on Statins as Primary Therapy

Canadian Broadcast Company report on adverse statin reactions

Government's Leading Health Indicators website

American Heart Association Q&A on Statin Therapy

Side effects

Retrospective article: Rapid regression of atherosclerosis: insights from the clinical and experimental literature

 

Atorvastatin, the most prescribed statin
Rosuvasatin
simavastatin Simvastatin (Zocor)
Pravastatin
Fluvastatin