Muscle Update
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SayrePosted
Wed 24 Mar 2010 12:00am
Just thought I'd let you know that I stopped taking the fenofibrate after that horrible day and I feel SO much better! I'm pretty sure that's what the problem was. It's absolutely out of my routine now. The pravastatin still causes problems, but nothing like the combination did. I think I might even be able to tackle the treadmill again tomorrow
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Published in the New England Jou ...
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Medical QuackPosted
Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:23pm
took the statin drug pravastatin for five years had a lower risk of death or heart attack years after they stopped taking the drug. According to Ian Ford and his colleagues... a study of 6,595 middle-aged men, and found that the risk of heart attack or death from any type of heart disease was 11.8 percent for the pravastatin recipients, compared with 15.5
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Drugs for Coronary Artery Disease
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Docs OrdersPosted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm
Here is a list of drugs and medications that are commonly prescribed to treat Coronary Artery Disease:
Ace inhibitors
Adiponectin
Angiotensinogen
Anticoagulant drugs
Digitalis
Dobutamine
Fibrinogen
Insulin
Low-dose aspirin
Nitrates
Nitroglycerin
Nitroglycerine
Pain relief medications
Pravastatin
Simvastatin
These are just
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Study of the Statins...BD
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Medical QuackPosted
Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:22pm
of California at San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues, reported to be the largest of its kind, compared two statins: simvastatin and pravastatin. The first is lipophilic (soluble
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KIF6, Jarvik and You
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Dr. Steve MurphyPosted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 6:18pm
benefit from high-dose atorvastatin therapy compared with standard-dose pravastatin therapy. Specifically, in carriers of the 719Arg allele, high-dose atorvastatin therapy 80mg, compared with standard-dose pravastatin therapy, reduced the risk of death or major cardiovascular events by 41% (adjusted HR 0.59, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.45 to 0.77; p
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Statins May Provide Double Protection
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Kate K.Posted
Fri 13 Nov 2009 10:00pm
model study.
Mice given the equivalent of standard simvastatin (Zocor) or pravastatin (Pravachol) doses lost fewer dopaminergic neurons and neurotransmitters, Kalipada Pahan... or pravastatin after the neurodegenerative process had started, mice with simulated Parkinson's had significant reductions in midbrain expression of proinflammatory molecules, including
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Lipitor 80 mg
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Dr. William D.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:17pm
and are prescribed the drug during their hospitalization.
This practice is based on the results of the PROVE IT-TIMI 22 (PRavastatin Or atorVastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy... people experiencing heart attacks were treated with Lipitor (atorvastatin), 80 mg, or Pravachol (pravastatin), 40 mg. There was a reduction in events like recurrent heart attack
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Drugs for High Cholesterol
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Medical TeamPosted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm3 Comments
Low-dose aspirin
Mevacor
Niaspan
Nicotinic acid (niacin)
Pravachol
Pravastatin
Questran
Simvastatin
Statins
Timed release nicotinic acid
Tricor
Vytorin
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Statins do not protect against dementia
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Bob DeMarcoPosted
Wed 15 Apr 2009 12:34am
five years of simvastatin (Zocor) in 20,536 patients; a second study followed 5,804 patients taking pravastatin (Pravachol) for an average of 3.2 years. Participants..., and The Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER) trial, which followed 5,804 patients taking pravastatin (Pravachol) for an average of 3.2 years. Participants
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