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• Forbess Matthew Herper Bashes Zetia

  
  Pathophilia — Authority: 422
  Never missing an opportunity to engage in a Zetia (aka ezetimibe) pile-on, Forbes reporter Matthew Herper shows his continued disdain for the drug and its marketing in his most lopsided article yet. Herpers less-than-objective synopsis of Mercks Zetia-related troubles follows results of...
  2 weeks ago

• The Vytorin Limbo: How Low Can You Go?

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 526
  Prescriptions for both of Merck’s cholesterol pills - Vytorin and Zetia - fell last week, while scrips for Abbott Labs’ Niaspan rose following the results of the widely reported Arbiter clinical trial, according to SDI, a market research firm, Dow Jones reports. The Arbiter trial found that Niaspan helped ...
  3 weeks ago

• Vytorin – print ad

  
  AdPharm Blog — Authority: 149
  There are 2 sources of cholesterol. Food & Family. Only Vytorin treats both Read the rest on AdPharms blog!
  3 weeks ago

• Whytorin? Should HHS Spend Millions On The Drug?

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 526
  In light of the controversy over the Arbiter trial , which found that Abbott Labs’ Niaspan appeared safer and more effective that Merck’s Zetia as a secondary cholesterol treatment, Chuck Grassley wants to know what the Department of Health and Human Services is going to do about spending on Vytorin (which is a ...
  4 weeks ago

• Merck’s $4.56 billion anti-cholesterol drugs no better than cheap B-vitamin

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 486
  ( AARP Bulletin ) A widely prescribed and expensive cholesterol drug is not as effective as niacin, a cheap vitamin, in helping to unclog coronary arteries in people already taking statins, the standard medicines used to lower cholesterol, according to a new study. The research, which appears Monday in the New ...
  4 weeks ago

• Zetia, Vytorin Problems Continue With Latest Study

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 479
  In the latest blow to popular cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia , new research indicates that the medications may be less effective than older drugs in reducing the buildup of cholesterol in arteries, and were actually associated with more heart attacks and other heart-related incidents. The new study, known ...
  4 weeks ago

• Bugs, Drugs and Patents

  
  Bio Job Blog — Authority: 122
  I suspect that many of you (after reading the title of this post) might be expecting another rant about the need for new antibiotics to treat infections caused by multiple drug resistant strains of bacteria. Sorry to disappoint you because that isn’t what this post is about. After reading and listening to several ...
  4 weeks ago

• Popular Cholesterol Drugs Shown Harmful and Ineffective

  
  Baby Boomer Advisor Club|Baby Boomer Health and News — Authority: 141
  Popular Cholesterol Drugs Shown Harmful and Ineffective and very expensive. So, who is taking them? I would say that the majority of users are Baby Boomers. A recent study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its kissing cousin, Vytorin. These drugs that are supposed to lower cholesterol, are still taken by ...
  4 weeks ago

• Zetia & Vytorin Outperformed by Niaspan (Rx form of Niacin) in New Cholesterol Study

  
  Swanson Vitamins Blog — Authority: 117
  Posted by Ben: In case you missed the headlines this morning on all the national news shows, a new study was released today that basically called out Merck’s Zetia and Vytorin cholesterol-lowering drugs. According to the researchers who conducted the study, these two prescription drugs don’t work...at least not as ...
  4 weeks ago

• zetia

  
  wisnuaji dot com — Authority: 445
  Zetia Fails to Show Benefit Over Niacin for Heart PatientsResults reported here Sunday may not put the nail in the coffin for a once wildly popular cholesterol-lowering drug, but they do put Zetia at the bottom of the list of medications that doctors will be using.So said Dr. Anthony DeMaria, a leading cardiologist ...
  4 weeks ago

• Study: Niaspan More Effective in Combatting Artery Thickness than Vytorin, Zetia

  
  Business Pundit — Authority: 617
  Image: 3D Chem A clinical trial has found that Merck’s Vytorin and Zetia cholesterol pills don’t treat clogged arteries as effectively as Abbott Labs’ Niaspan, a form of Niacin (Vitamin B3). Bloomberg reports : In a clinical trial reported yesterday, researchers found a decrease in the thickness of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Study questions Vytorin and Zetia in heart disease treatment

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 951
  A widely prescribed and expensive cholesterol drug does not unclog arteries as effectively as a modified version of Vitamin B3, a cheap alternative used to treat heart disease for decades, according to a new study.
  4 weeks ago

• Study Raises Questions About Cholesterol Drug’s Benefit

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 903
  A study shows the heavily-marketed Zetia was inferior to an old standby drug, niacin, in reducing buildup in the carotid artery.
  4 weeks ago

• More Zetia quotes

  
  PharmaGossip — Authority: 527
  Zetia "has been on the market for about seven years and we still havent proven that it improves clinical outcomes," said Dr. Roger Blumenthal, preventive cardiology chief at Johns Hopkins University. "It should be better for the arteries and it wasnt," Dr. Allen Taylor said of Zetia. "The drug wasnt ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Arbiter Study Is Another Setback For Merck

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 526
  Abbott Labs’ Niaspan appeared safer and more effective that Merck’s Zetia as a secondary cholesterol treatment, according to a study released Sunday night. Funded by Abbott and called Arbiter-6, the study measured thickness of the carotid artery leading to the brain in 208 patients, who were given simvastatin ...
  4 weeks ago

• Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 159
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- 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....
  4 weeks ago

• Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia

  
  Entertainment News, Sports News, Celebrity News, African American Culture & Community News and Events - Bilal Ali Productions — Authority: 152
  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. In the study, Zetia failed to shrink buildups in artery walls while a rival drug, Niaspan, did so ...
  4 weeks ago

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