Take a look at the product insert for a statin and you’ll see a long list of side effects. The majority of them, a new study suggests, are likely exaggerated. Despite their widespread use, many ...

Cardiologists have known for more than three decades that statin-type cholesterol-lowering drugs can lower levels of ubiquinone. Most people know ubiquinone by the name coenzyme Q10 or CoQ10.

The Physicians’ Desk Reference for Herbal Medicines has a discussion of how the statins may inhibit natural synthesis of coenzyme Q, placing a patient at risk for statin myopathy. Has a benefit been ...