Barbara S. Wiggins, PharmD

Barbara S. Wiggins, PharmD, a clinical pharmacy specialist in cardiology at the Medical University of South Carolina and adjunct professor at South Carolina College of Pharmacy, both in Charleston. She is the lead author of Pharmacist’s Guide to Lipid Management, 2nd Edition. She also chaired the committee that created the American Heart Association’s 2016 Scientific Statement on statin-related drug-drug interactions.

Taking a Statin? Beware of These Dangerous Interactions With Other Heart Drugs
Heart Attack

Taking a Statin? Beware of These Dangerous Interactions With Other Heart Drugs

Barbara S. Wiggins, PharmD | February 13, 2017

If you’re taking a statin drug to help reduce your risk for heart attack or stroke, you wouldn’t expect it…

To Live a Long Life…Be (Just a Little) Overweight
Heart Attack

To Live a Long Life…Be (Just a Little) Overweight

Barbara S. Wiggins, PharmD | May 19, 2016

If you want to live to a ripe old age, the healthiest weight to be may be…modestly overweight. Huh? Isn’t…