Study Reveals Doubt on Drug for Cholesterol
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A clinical trial of Zetia, a widely used cholesterol drug, has raised questions about its effectiveness and the behavior of pharmaceutical companies that conducted the study.
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New research has cast doubt on the effectiveness of one of the most commonly prescribed blood pressure-lowering drugs. A pooled data study found that while atenolol reduced blood pressure, it was no better
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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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The government is questioning if too many of the wrong people will take cholesterol-lowering Mevacor if it's sold without a prescription, days before Merck & Co. makes its third try to move the drug over the counter.
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MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News)-- The long-awaited results of a trial of Zetia, a cholesterol-lowering drug prescribed to about a million Americans, shows the drug confers no medical benefit to users.
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An unusual study enrolling only  black Americans showed a more powerful statin drug worked  better to lower cholesterol than a rival brand, researchers  said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Results of a new study indicate that the so-called statin drugs used to lower cholesterol levels also help prevent chaotic heart beats that can lead to sudden cardiac death.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a new study  suggest that treatment with a cholesterol-lowering statin  called simvastatin (Zocor) may have small negative effects on  brain function.
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A blood pressure drug is ineffective in reducing cardiovascular deaths, research suggests.
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It's not enough to reduce "bad"  cholesterol to prevent heart attacks because a substance called  CRP also must be kept low, doctors said on Wednesday in a  finding that could save tens of thousands of lives.
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A new study looking at aggressive attempts to lower cholesterol in patients who had just suffered heart attacks generated a dispute yesterday as top researchers disagreed sharply over the results.
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A large new study has concluded that measuring the number of lipoprotein particles in the blood may be a better way to predict a person&#39;s heart attack risk than measuring simple cholesterol.
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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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Sept. 14, 2004 -- In a study of people with heart disease, results show that high doses of the popular cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor may not prevent heart disease deaths and heart attacks -- and may cause muscle damage.
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A blood-thinning drug not approved for the U.S. market because of questions about liver damage appears to be as effective as other common therapies for preventing strokes and recurring blood clots, according to studies published on Tuesday.
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The maker of the controversial diabetes pill Avandia pointed to early results of its own study Tuesday, saying they offered reassuring evidence the drug doesn't raise heart risks. However, outside experts called the results inconclusive at best and a sign of greater risk at worst.
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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.