Zetia And Lipitor - Articles
Good News & Bad News: Vitamin D vs. Statins
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Richard Nikoley
First, the good news. Yep, it's vitamin D, again (thanks to Chris for the link).New study links vitamin D deficiency to cardiovascular disease and deathStudy finds inadequate levels of Vitamin D may significantly increase risk of stroke, heart disease and deathFor more than a year, the Intermountain Medical Center research team followed 27,686 pati ...
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Ezetimibe (Zetia) shown INFERIOR to Niacin (B3)
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Dr. J P Saleeby
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 to expensive medi ...
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Popular Cholesterol Drug May Hurt...
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mike santoro
A headline in the news today reads "Popular Cholesterol Drug May Hurt, Not Help". This type of news is becoming all too common. It's a race for these drug companies to come up with the next "best seller", and with the competition as fierce as it is in this multi-billion dollar industry more bad news is sure to follow. It sick ...
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Ezetimibe (Zetia) shown INFERIOR to Niacin (B3)
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Dr. J P Saleeby
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 to expensive medi ...
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Niaspan Beats Zetia in Minor Study
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Ulysee W.
Abbott Lab’s Niaspan beat out Merck’s Zetia (ezetimibe) in concomitant therapy with statins when looking at atherosclerosis. The study, which was presented at the American Heart Association scientific meeting in Orlando, was tiny in scope with only 208 patients participating. This is bad news for Merck. The company’s Zetia has ...
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Stop Using Vytorin!!!!
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Dr. Matthew M.
At the American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, FL they just released the results of the ARBITER 6 HALTS study. No Vytorin was used in the study, but I am sure that all the headlines will mention Vytorin... and for good reason. Here is the actual study published ahead of press online in the New England Journal of Medicine. Essentially, the e ...
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My Journey Continues, But On A Different Path
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KCLAnderson
Last week, in response to my “Why??” post, Pat Barone responded by saying that asking “why” shuts us down, while asking “how” opens up possibilities.“How can I feel the way I want to feel?”“How can I change the way I feel about my body?”I know Pat is right, but at the time, I wasn’t ...
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Nutritarian Eating Costs Too Much?
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DiseaseProof
image credit: Emily BollerIn my town lentils cost 92 cents/lb. Combined with no-salt tomato puree, garlic, onions and spices, an entire pot of lentil stew can be made for a fraction of the cost of spaghetti and meatballs, frozen pizza, chicken nuggets, or beef and noodles.Ripe bananas can be purchased for 29 cents/lb. They can be frozen and made ...
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Going back in time I can remember the acquisition of Warner Lambert, which since has been purchased by Johnson and Johnson as I used to do business with Pfizer and yet it seemed like it took forever. Not only in pharma, but I think today all mergers and acquisitions are moving at rocket speeds, first of all simply due to the economy. Second of al ...
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