Zocor, Simvastatin News

Overweight and have high cholesterol? You may have to pick one to work on at a time, according to data from the lab of John Thyfault, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at University of Missouri.

Pharmacist Shane St. Arnault owns the pharmacy in Redwater and says the province's demand for lower drug prices may force him to further reduce services and cut his hours.

Main Category: Statins Also Included In: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness ; Sports Medicine / Fitness Article Date: 18 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Statins, the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide, are often suggested to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease in individuals with obesity , diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of ... (more)

John Thyfault, University of Missouri, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, found that the popular cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin reduced the positive benefits of exercise for... COLUMBIA, Mo.

I have discussed Vytorin several times before. The combination of Zetia , the cholesterol absorption inhibitor discovered at Schering-Plough, with Merck's simvastatin looked as if it should be a very effective cholesterol-lowering medication, but the real-world data have been consistently puzzling .

Millions of people take statins, which are drugs that chemically lower the levels of cholesterol in the blood.

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs that are taken by millions of Americans might also improve survival from a type of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma, a new study suggests.

In some US states, as many as twenty-seven percent of the population do not carry health insurance.

Men will still need a prescription to buy the erectile dysfunction drug on viagra.com but won't have to deal with a pharmacist, the Associated Press reported.

It's an all too common scenario: A 60-year-old woman is told she has high cholesterol but has no other risk factors for heart disease like high blood pressure, diabetes, or a smoking habit.

The Food and Drug Administration just approved Liptruzet, a new cholesterol-lowering pill that combines the generically available ingredient available in Pfizer's Lipitor with Merck's Zetia.

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Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with high cholesterol more than 25 years ago. It was 290 mg/dL . The doctor put me on Zocor, but it didn't lower my cholesterol sufficiently.

The artery disease that leads to heart attacks and strokes is the biggest killer in the United States.

Ireland has become the first country to identify lists of ' preferred drugs '. Ensuring patients use the best value-for-money drugs could save patients and taxpayers millions of euros, says the Irish Health Service Executive .