[spacejunkie]

help me out here...what exactly are statins? are they in certain foods? I'm asking because my husband (who is only 46) has all the symptoms of poly myalgia rheumatica and I wonder if its from a food or something.

[freespirited]

Statins are a class of drugs used to lower blood cholesterol.

[AFreeBird]

Statin's [wiki.org]

[Investment Biker]

Statins are:

Mevacor (generic lovastatinon walmarts $4 generic list)
Zocor (generic simvastatin)
Pravachol (generic pravastatin on Walmarts $4 generic list)
and Lipitor (no generic available)

All are FDA controlled drugs.

There are aslo non-statin cholesterol drugs that work on the intestinal absorption like Zetia.

[muawiyah]

Statins are substances that reduce the production of cholesterol ~ more or less.

Just look them up at www.google.com. There's more information there than any human can deal with.