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Medicare Drug Coverage Saves And Loses Money

Lipitor and other cholesterol-lowering medications are covered by the Medicare Part D plan, which increased prescription drug coverage for seniors in 2006.

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Related Topix: Medicare, Medicine, Medication, Cholesterol

Fri Jul 03, 2009

CTV.ca

Statins cut heart risks even in healthy patients

Even people who do not have high cholesterol and established heart disease could benefit from cholesterol-lowering statin drugs if they have other risk factors, a new study suggests.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Medication

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WebMD Health News

Cholesterol OK? Statins Still Help Heart

July 1, 2009 -- Millions of people without established heart disease could benefit from cholesterol -lowering statin therapy even if they don't have high cholesterol , a new analysis suggests.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Mevacor, Lovastatin (generic), Pravachol, Pravastatin (generic), Medication

Tue Jun 30, 2009

SignOnSanDiego.com

Wellnews: All the news that's fit

Statins are drugs used to lower cholesterol and, in recent years, have often been touted as a 21st century weapon against heart disease.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Medication, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Arthritis, Alzheimer's, Netherlands, World News,

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Drkoop.com

Statin-related muscle pain may be genetic: expert

A reader asks Joe and Teresa Graedon about the flu-like symptoms he experienced when he began taking the statin Lipitor, symptoms that stopped after his doctor took him off the cholesterol drug.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Medication, Cholesterol

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Pharmaceutical Technology - Ingredients

Watson to Acquire Arrow for $1.75 Billion

Generic-drug and specialty-pharmaceutical manufacturer Watson Pharmaceuticals agreed to acquire the generic-drug company Arrow Group for $1.75 billion in cash and stock.

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Related Topix: Watson Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Corona, CA, Medication, Lancashire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Merseyside County, England, Cheshire County, England, Marketing

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Reuters

Watson goes global with $1.75 billion Arrow deal

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it will buy privately held Arrow Group for $1.75 billion, clinching a long-expected deal by the U.S. generic drugmaker to expand internationally.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Medication

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Science Daily

Statins Don't Lower Risk Of Pneumonia In Elderly, Study Shows

That's the new finding from a study of more than 3,000 Group Health patients published online on June 16 in advance of the British Medical Journal's June 20 print issue.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Medicine, Cholesterol, Medication, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Mevacor, Lovastatin (generic)

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Health

Red Yeast Rice Supplement May Lower Cholesterol

MONDAY, June 15, 2009 - A statin can be a lifesaver if you're at risk of heart disease , but some people who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs - up to 20%, by some estimates - have to stop because of muscle pain, the most common side effect.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Pain, Medication, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Cardiology

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Muscle pain while taking statins may be genetic

In less than two years on Lipitor, I went from being able to climb the ancient temples at Angkor Wat, Cambodia, to being almost unable to walk to my mailbox.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Medication, Buffalo, NY, Cholesterol, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic)

RNweb

Statin Cuts Post-Heart Attack Heart Failure Risk

Aggressive cholesterol-lowering therapy using high-dose atorvastatin was more effective at preventing heart failure among patients who had had a previous heart attack than usual treatment with simvastatin, according to a study published in the May 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Cholesterol, Health, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Finland, World News, Nursing

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Circulation

[Original Articles] Atorvastatin Prevents Angiotensin II-Induced...

From the Departmento de Farmacologa, Facultad de Medicina , and Laboratorio de Investigacin Vascular y Renal , Fundacin Jimnez Daz, Universidad Autnoma de Madrid; and the Departmento de Ciencias de la Salud III , Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Spain, World News

Wed Jun 17, 2009

WebMD Health News

Red Yeast Rice May Lower Cholesterol

June 17, 2009 -- By some estimates, as many as 10% of people who take cholesterol -lowering statins experience troubling muscle pain , and many stop taking the drugs because of it.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Pain, Life, Food, Nutrition, Mevacor, Lovastatin (generic), Medication, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic)

PR-inside.com

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Announces Final Lomitapide (AEGR-733) Phase II Data

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic disease, today announced final data from three separate Phase II trials involving its lead cholesterol management compound, lomitapide , which is a microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor small molecule drug.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Medicine, Medication, Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Tricor, Fenofibrate (generic)

RedOrbit

Statins Don't Decrease Risk Of Pneumonia In Elderly

A Taking popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as LipitorA , does not lower the risk of pneumonia.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Medicine, Cholesterol

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Alcohol kills mosquitoes

What's a safe way to kill mosquitoes? We have a cabin on a pond, and the mosquitoes are ferocious.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Bloomberg

Pfizer Files Lawsuit Against Mylan Seeking Halt to Sales of Lipitor Copy

Pfizer Inc. , the worlda s biggest drugmaker, sued rival Mylan Inc. asking a judge to prohibit sales of a generic version of its cholesterol-fighting medicine Lipitor until 2017.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Healthcare Law, Law, Cholesterol, Health, Wilmington, DE, Food and Drug Administration

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Detnews.com - Health

Paul Donohue: Drugs can help lower cholesterol levels

Dear Dr. Donohue: My doctor wants me to take a statin drug even though my total cholesterol is normal, and my LDL cholesterol isn't very high.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Fri Jun 12, 2009

St. Augustine Record

Cholesterol drugs for other issues

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My doctor wants me to take a statin drug even though my total cholesterol is normal and my LDL cholesterol isn't very high.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Medication, Fluvastatin (generic), Lescol, Lescol XL, Pravachol, Pravastatin (generic)

Wed Jun 10, 2009

RedOrbit

Overlooked Form Of Cholesterol Linked To Heart Attack Risk

Danish scientists reported the strongest evidence yet that an often-ignored form of cholesterol can cause heart attacks, Reuters reported.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Stroke

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