List of Popular Cholesterol Lowering Drugs
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High Cholesterol Drugs - High Cholesterol Medications, Lipitor, Niacor
healthline.com — “High cholesterol drugs and medications include lipitor, niacor and zocor.” View full resource at healthline.com
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FDA Restricts Use of Cholesterol-Lowering Drug - - TIME Healthland
healthland.time.com — “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday restricted the use of high doses of the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin, which is sold in generic forms and under the brand names Zocor and Vytorin, because of concerns over muscle problems associated with the drug.” View full resource at healthland.time.com
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FDA restricts using high doses of Zocor, a popular cholesterol drug | http://ti.me/l3T8G4
Strength of cholesterol-lowering supplements varies widely - CNN.com
cnn.com — “Bottles of the popular cholesterol-lowering supplement red yeast rice almost always list 600 milligrams of rice as the sole ingredient. But different brands of capsules contain widely varying amounts of the active ingredient that fights cholesterol, a new study suggests.” View full resource at cnn.com
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Strength of cholesterol-lowering supplements varies widely - CNN.com
cnn.com — “Bottles of the popular cholesterol-lowering supplement red yeast rice almost always list 600 milligrams of rice as the sole ingredient. But different brands of capsules contain widely varying amounts of the active ingredient that fights cholesterol, a new study suggests.” View full resource at cnn.com
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Strength of cholesterol-lowering supplements varies widely - CNN.com
cnn.com — “Bottles of the popular cholesterol-lowering supplement red yeast rice almost always list 600 milligrams of rice as the sole ingredient. But different brands of capsules contain widely varying amounts of the active ingredient that fights cholesterol, a new study suggests.” View full resource at cnn.com
Most Recently Shared on October 26, 2010 at 4:36 pm By:
Natural Standard Health Organization
CNN interviews Natural Standard about red yeast rice http://bit.ly/dwxxCD
How to Lower Your Cholesterol Without a Prescription - Scripps Health - San Diego
scripps.org — “In November of 2011, Lipitor, the best selling drug in the history of pharmaceuticals went off patent, allowing a cheaper, generic version of the cholesterol-lowering drug to enter the market. The move made a popular medication more affordable for many Am” View full resource at scripps.org
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Do you worry about your cholesterol? How to lower your cholesterol without a prescription - http://t.co/fRRnqOKn
New Warnings on Cholesterol-Lowering Statins
webmd.com — “FDA: Popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs must carry warnings that memory loss, mental confusion, high blood sugar, and type 2 diabetes are possible side effects.” View full resource at webmd.com
Most Recently Shared on February 28, 2012 at 8:00 pm By:
Jane Anderson Healthy Eating Advisor
New Warnings on Cholesterol-Lowering Statins http://t.co/7rqV1wmE
Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality News And Numbers: High Cholesterol, Diabetes Lead Drug Spending For The Elderly
medicalnewstoday.com — “Purchases of cholesterol and diabetes prescription drugs by elderly Medicare beneficiaries reached nearly $19 billion in 2007 - about one-fourth of the approximately $82 billion spent for medicati” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
Most Recently Shared on March 11, 2010 at 3:09 pm By:
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New Warnings on Cholesterol-Lowering Statins
webmd.com — “FDA: Popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs must carry warnings that memory loss, mental confusion, high blood sugar, and type 2 diabetes are possible side effects.” View full resource at webmd.com
Most Recently Shared on February 28, 2012 at 10:42 pm By:
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New Warnings on Cholesterol-Lowering Statins http://t.co/5T4ldQLJ
HCPLive | The preeminent online destination for tools, techniques, and information for healthcare professionals | Endocrinology | High Cholesterol, Diabetes Lead Drug Spending for the Elderly
hcplive.com — “Purchases of cholesterol and diabetes prescription drugs by elderly Medicare” View full resource at hcplive.com
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High Cholesterol, Diabetes Lead Drug Spending for the Elderly - $19 billion out of $82 billion spent http://twurl.nl/aj1ys1
Popular cholesterol drug may hurt, not help - Heart health- msnbc.com
msnbc.msn.com — “A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin — drugs that are still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.” View full resource at msnbc.msn.com
Most Recently Shared on November 16, 2009 at 4:33 pm By:
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Cholesterol drug may not be the answer. http://bit.ly/2nMb3Y I reduced mine 70 points the 101 Foods way!
Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “Despite their popularity, so-called combination therapies may not be the most effective treatment for high cholesterol, Canadian researchers report. In their re” View full resource at drugs.com
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Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work - http://bit.ly/UIjfL
Red Yeast Rice May Lower Cholesterol, So Why Isn’t Your Doctor Recommending It? - Health News - Health.com
news.health.com — “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. (Nearly 30 million people filled a statin prescription in 2005, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Statins include popular drugs such as Crestor, Lipitor, and Zocor.)Now a new study suggests that an over-the-counter dietary supplement sold at pharmacies” View full resource at news.health.com
Most Recently Shared on June 17, 2009 at 9:48 pm By:
Health magazine Health Magazine
Red Yeast Rice may lower cholesterol, so why isn’t your Doctor recommending it? http://su.pr/29xx6f
Christiane Northrup, MD: Buyer Beware: Statins To Lower Cholesterol Are Not a Panacea
huffingtonpost.com — “I'm sure that many of you read about the study showing that Crestor, a popular statin drug manufactured by AstraZeneca, has been found to confer an additional and potentially even greater benefit than its ability to lower cholesterol. Researchers, funded by AstraZeneca, wanted to explain why half of the people who have heart attacks and strokes also have low cholesterol.” View full resource at huffingtonpost.com
Most Recently Shared on April 6, 2010 at 3:23 am By:
Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate
via @huffingtonpost: Buyer Beware: Statins To Lower Cholesterol Are Not a Panacea http://huff.to/dD8Gzl
Good news! Review of 26 trials finds no evidence that cholesterol-lowering statins cause cancer:
health.msn.com — “Good news! Review of 26 trials finds no evidence that cholesterol-lowering statins cause cancer:” View full resource at health.msn.com
Most Recently Shared on August 31, 2010 at 5:04 pm By:
Review Finds No Statin-Cancer Link: http://on.msn.com/9fDBEU
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