Makers Say Cholesterol Drug Has No Health Benefit
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The outcome of a clinical trial that failed to show Zetia has any benefits adds to concerns over the drug.
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Putting patients with heart trouble on a high dosage of statin drugs quickly to lower their blood cholesterol levels offers only a marginal benefit compared to current treatment, a study said on Monday.
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The FDA will review its new cholesterol drug.
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The widow and son of a Texas man who was taking a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug at the time of his fatal heart attack claims the drugmaker failed to warn about the drug's risks, according to a lawsuit.
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A disappointing study of the heart drug Vytorin has led some doctors to reconsider what makes statin drugs so effective at fighting heart disease.
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Consumer advocates backed by some prominent doctors and researchers on Thursday questioned a new US policy recommending wider use of statin drugs to lower cholesterol.
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Consumer advocates backed by some  prominent doctors and researchers on Thursday questioned a new  U.S. policy recommending wider use of statin drugs to lower  cholesterol.
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People who significantly cut their cholesterol levels with statins may raise the risk of cancer, a study says.
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U.S. regulators said on Friday they  would review whether to take action over Merck & Co Inc's   and Schering-Plough Corp's  popular cholesterol  medicine Vytorin after a study showed it was no better than a  generic drug in preventing the build-up of fatty plaque.
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A new study reports that antioxidants have no effect in preventing heart attack, stroke or death among women at risk for cardiovascular disease.
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Merck next month will make its second try for approval to sell cholesterol drug Mevacor without a prescription. If the Food and Drug Administration approves, cholesterol drugs would
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TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- There are clear medical benefits for prescribing cholesterol-reducing statin drugs for people who don't have cardiovascular disease but are at moderate risk of heart attack, stroke or other events, new research indicates.
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Giving cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to people with type 2 diabetes prevents heart attack and stroke and saves lives, even if they don&#39;t have high cholesterol, a new study finds.
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Pfizer Inc. said Saturday it has cut off all clinical trials and development for a cholesterol drug that was supposed to be the star of its pipeline because of an unexpected number of deaths and cardiovascular problems in patients who used it.
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Federal health advisers recommended against over-the-counter sales of cholesterol drug Mevacor, saying that patients need medical guidance.
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- A high-dose regimen of Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s cholesterol drug Zocor offered no conclusive benefits over a low-cholesterol diet and a lower dose of zocor in preventing a recurrence of cardiac events in patients who&#39;d already had heart
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US regulators say recent newspaper ads for AstraZeneca&#39;s Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering drug, are false or misleading. An unusual letter from the Food and Drug Administration, sent Wednesday, dismissed as