The short answer is YES, but very little. Cholesterol lowering drugs, often called “statins” are intended to lower an important component of your total blood cholesterol, the LDL or “low density lipoproteins”.
What medications are considered blood thinners?
The two main types of blood thinners are anticoagulants, which include warfarin and heparin, and antiplatelet drugs, such as aspirin.
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What Are Blood Thinners?
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What Are Blood Thinners?
- Pradaxa (dabigatran)
- Eliquis (apixaban)
- Xarelto (rivaroxaban)
- Coumadin (warfarin)
- Aspirin.
- Plavix (clopidogrel)
- Effient (prasugrel)
- Brilinta (ticagrelor)
Why you should never take statins?
Very rarely, statins can cause life-threatening muscle damage called rhabdomyolysis (rab-doe-my-OL-ih-sis). Rhabdomyolysis can cause severe muscle pain, liver damage, kidney failure and death. The risk of very serious side effects is extremely low, and calculated in a few cases per million people taking statins.
