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Data presented today from the VOYAGER study demonstrate the benefits of aggressive statin therapy with CRESTOR™ (rosuvastatin) in comparison to atorvastatin and simvastatin in high risk patients. VOYAGER is an individual patient data meta ...
May 28, 2012 at 05:01 | Source: Yahoo Finance
Recent studies suggest that the reported protective effects of statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) against community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis in humans may be due to confounders and a healthy user-effect. To directly test whether statins are ...
May 15, 2012 at 14:14 | Source: 7thspace.com
High doses of the cholesterol drug Zocor, or generic simvastatin, have been linked to an increased risk of serious and potentially life threatening muscle problems. The FDA has warned that side effects of Zocor at 80 mg doses may increase the risk of ...
May 25, 2012 at 13:26 | Source: AboutLawsuits.com
Statins are fungal poisons. Statin Drugs are wildly popular with doctors. Hundreds of millions of prescriptions for Statins such as Lovastatin (Mevacor™ from Merck), Simvastatin (Zocor™ from Merck), Atvorastatin (Lipitor™ from Pfizer) and Cervistatin ...
May 25, 2012 at 23:56 | Source: YAHOO!
UGT All statins Gemfibrozil, cyclosporine [Corsini and Ceska, 2011; Jacobson, 2009; Law and Rudnicka, 2006] P-glycoprotein Atorvastatin, lovastatin, simvastatin Ritonavir, cyclosporine, verapamil, erythromycin, ketoconazole, itraconazole ...
May 22, 2012 at 20:03 | Source: Medscape News
The FDA issued an early communication after results from the ENHANCE trial indicated that adding ezetimibe (known as either Zetia or the ezetimibe-simvastatin combination, Vytorin) to a treatment regimen including simvastatin did not appear to ...
May 23, 2012 at 11:12 | Source: Marketwatch
The researchers are investigating the possibility that the drug simvastatin, which is commonly prescribed for high cholesterol, can be both effective and safe for people with lung injury. QUB professor of intensive care medicine and Royal Victoria Hospital ...
May 14, 2012 at 22:36 | Source: Irish Times
simvastatin, also known under the brand name Zocor from Merck & Co. (MRK). In Abbott’s recently reported second-quarter, Niaspan sales fell more than 15 percent to $191 million compared to $226 million in the first quarter of 2011, before the NIH study.
May 17, 2012 at 23:01 | Source: Forbes
They will have the option of both branded and generic medications, including Simvastatin, Crestor, Rosuvastatin, Zocor, Lescol, Lipostat, Fluvastatin, Lipitor, Pravastatin and Atorvastatin. High blood pressure is also a condition that can lead to serious ...
May 18, 2012 at 19:25 | Source: PRWeb
The FDA issued an early communication after results from the ENHANCE trial indicated that adding ezetimibe (known as either Zetia or the ezetimibe-simvastatin combination, Vytorin) to a treatment regimen including simvastatin did not appear to ...
May 23, 2012 at 12:53 | Source: Boston Globe