The skeptical cardiologist wrote a long post in 2017 entitled “Do Statins Cause Memory Loss? The Science, The Media, The Statin-Denialist Cult, and The Nocebo Effect” which was updated in
The skeptical cardiologist has updated his post from 2017 entitled “Are you on the fence about statin drugs?”. You’ll be happy to hear that Geo, the subject of that post,
There is good news for those patients taking the beta-blocker drug Bystolic: it is now available as a generic (nebivolol) at a substantially lower price. Given nebivolol’s uniquely low side
Little has changed in the 8 billion dollar world of useless and confusing over the counter (OTC) cold, flu, and sinus medications since I wrote: “What Cold Medications Are Safe
In 2017 I wrote a post entitled “Do Statins Cause Memory Loss? The Science, The Media, The Statin-Denialist Cult, and The Nocebo Effect” which concluded that there was no scientific
On September 13 of this year Valisure, an online pharmacy, submitted a Citizen Petition to the FDA and urged it to pull all ranitidine (brand name Zantac) from the market.
The skeptical cardiologist not uncommonly recommends OTC Prilosec (omeprazole), a proton pump inhibitor for cardiac patients with chest pain that is from acid reflux (GERD). Lately, however, some studies have
The skeptical cardiologist saw a patient recently who had undergone stenting of a 95% blocked right coronary artery. Mr Jones had presented a year ago to our ER 2 days
Anthony C. Pearson M.D., F.A.C.C. is a cardiologist, musician, writer and a regular columnist at MedPage Today