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Posted
Wed 15 Apr 2009 12:34am
Bernadette McGuinness and her colleagues analyzed the findings of two large clinical trials probing the health effects of statins: one study investigated the effects over 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 in these tria ...
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Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 4:31pm
The news broke pretty rapidly today. The NY times is probably the most cited, but the scariest headline belongs to the Washington Post which might scare some patients stating " Cholesterol Drug Zetia Doesn't Benefit Health." Essentially, Merck and Schering-Plough, the companies that make Zetia and Vytorin (a combination of Zetia and Zocor), relea ...
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Posted
Mon 16 Nov 2009 10:02pm
Expensive Cholesterol Drug Loses Ground To Good Old Niacin (B3)
Zetia Tablets
The battle over expensive lipid lowering prescriptions versus inexpensive safe and effective vitamins took a major turn today. Cable news programs, Newspapers and Radio all broadcasted the latest clinical trial that gave the proverbial big two thumbs do ...
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Posted
Mon 16 Nov 2009 10:02pm
Expensive Cholesterol Drug Loses Ground To Good Old Niacin (B3)
Zetia Tablets
The battle over expensive lipid lowering prescriptions versus inexpensive safe and effective vitamins took a major turn today. Cable news programs, Newspapers and Radio all broadcasted the latest clinical trial that gave the proverbial big two thumbs down ...
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Posted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 6:31pm
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to doctors who are prescribing amiodarone for their atrial fibrillation patients saying that those patients should take no more than 20 milligrams of Zocor®, Simcor®, or Vytorin®.
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Posted
Tue 29 Jun 2010 12:00am
The diagnosis of heart disease means a continual risk for heart attacks which is why heart patients need to take a handful of pills everyday. There’s usually several pills needed for blood pressure, cholesterol and keeping the blood thin in order to reduce your risk as much as possible. Of course, all of ...
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Posted
Tue 03 Mar 2009 2:15pm
Here are a sampling of some of the comments I've received from people taking statin drugs:
Barkeater said:
On Lipitor since 1997, and pretty sure I had no side effects. Hey, I am a man, I don't complain.
Work has gotten real challenging (but they pay me well). At age 52, 2 years ago, I was fed up with working hard, cranky, and wanted ...
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