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What is the difference in Simvastatin 80 mg and Pravastatin 20 mg.? Thursday, December 24, 2009 MonicaRD Hi Baseball TW, Statin medications, in general, help to reduce cholesterol and benefit people with heart disease. Comment?
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Study: Good cholesterol not as protective in people with Type 2 diabetes
DALLAS Therea s a oegooda cholesterol and a oebada cholesterol, but a new study suggested that some diabetic men benefit from neither. Comment?
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Bristol-Myers Reduces 2009 Outlook
... on its Pharmaceuticals segment, which manufactures and sells branded pharmaceutical drugs, such as Pravachol for cholesterol reduction, Plavix for hypertension and Erbitux for cancer. Plavix, the antiplatelet blood thinner indicated for reducing ... Comment?
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To keep sales force busy, Lilly takes on new drug
... more arrow in their quivers. Indianapolis-based Lilly has agreed to have its U.S. sales personnel promote a new cholesterol-fighting drug developed by Japan-based Kowa Pharamceuticals Ltd., called Livalo. Financial terms of the deal were not ... Comment?
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"Good" Cholesterol Less Protective with Diabetes
Diabetes may lower the heart-protective benefits of high-density lipoprotein, or HDL, the so-called "good" cholesterol, but giving diabetics niacin, a drug that raises HDL levels, might restore the benefit, researchers said on Tuesday. Comment?
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Another 'bad cholesterol' found
Scientists say they have found proof that another "bad" type of cholesterol contributes to heart disease. Comment?
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High Lipoprotein Levels Can Cause Heart Disease
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... for decades, but the evidence has not been definitive. So while an elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level remains the most clearly established indicator of coronary risk, "our paper, by genetic research, shows that LPA plays an ... Comment?
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Pfizer gets exclusive deal on heart drug
... New York-based pharmaceutical giant heralded the experimental drug as a possible replacement for Lipitor, the cholesterol fighter that stands as the world's leading medicine with about $12 billion in sales. "Esperion's drug, which raises 'good' ... Comment?
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Drug major sees better China sales
... how to participate in the remarkable reforms." In late November, one of its best selling products named Zocor, a cholesterol-lowering medication, was included in the government's Essential Drug List, making Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based MSD - ... Comment?
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Bristol-Myers spent $953K lobbying gov't in 3Q
... spending on medication, and patent and trade issues, according to a quarterly disclosure report. The maker of cholesterol fighter Lipitor, impotence pill Viagra and nerve pain treatment Lyrica spent 75 percent more on lobbying than its $3.1 million ... Comment?
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The FDA says Merck blockbuster drug Vytorin does not cause cancer. The FDA review concludes there's no evidence linking the cholesterol medication with a higher risk of cancer or death from cancer. Comment?
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Health Highlights: Dec. 23, 2009
... department can still use the blood samples for disease research, the AP said. An extensive data review of the cholesterol drug Vytorin turned up no evidence that the drug causes cancer, federal drug regulators say. Following up on concerns raised by ... Comment?
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Eli Lilly, Kowa Partner to Market Cholesterol Drug Livalor in U.S.
... to a release from the company. Livalor is a Food & Drug Administration-approved drug used to treat high cholesterol, and Lilly plans to offer the drug as an alternative to Pfizer, Inc.a s ( PFE ) statin, Lipitor, the company said. "We are pleased to ... Comment?
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One in six have heart disease genes
... , Medical Editor Published: 7:15AM GMT 24 Dec 2009 New research has established that a little-known form of cholesterol can increase the risk of heart disease and drugs should be used to reduce levels circulating in the blood. A study, funded by the ... Comment?
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FDA finds no proof Vytorin causes cancer
There's no evidence Merck & Co.'s blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin causes cancer, federal regulators said Tuesday. Comment?
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Cancer Isn't Merck's Biggest Problem
... could happen than that it does happen. That's the problem that Merck (NYSE: MRK ) has run into with its cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin, the latter of which is a mixture of Zetia and cholesterol drug Zocor. In last year's SEAS trial , patients ... Comment?
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FDA Says Vytorin Cancer Link Unlikely
... patients to stop taking these medications but instead to compare their risks and benefits against those of other cholesterol-lowering drugs. Vytorin was the subject of an earlier FDA investigation into whether the product causes a harmful increase ... Comment?
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FDA: Vytorin Unlikely to Up Cancer Risk
Dec. 22, 2009 -- The FDA today backed off a 2008 statement describing a possible link between use of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin and cancer , saying any connection is unlikely but shouldn't be ruled out. Comment?
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Lilly, Kowa and Kowa Pharmaceuticals America Announce Co-Promotion and Licensing Agreement
... with Kowa to help bring this new statin to market and provide patients a new option to help control their cholesterol," said John Lechleiter, Ph.D., Lilly chairman and chief executive officer. "Our co-promotion arrangement in the U.S. and licensing ... Comment?
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I have read on many internet sites that dried skim milk claim that the high heat used in the drying process oxidises the cholesterol in the milk and the the amino acids are denatured and become neurotoxins . Comment?
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