Which statins should to be taken in the evening
December 2003
Which statins should to be taken in the evening?
We usually tell patients to take statins in the evening because most cholesterol is produced at night.
It's true that Mevacor and Zocor are slightly more effective for lowering cholesterol when they're taken in the evening instead of the morning.
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