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10 hrs ago | Roanoke Times

How screwed up is this? $20 per pill

Today in The Roanoke Times you will find ads from at least two pharmaceutical companies with money-saving offers on two name-brand medicines, the cholesterol-reducing drug Lipitor and the quit-smoking drug Chantix.

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Related Topix: Roanoke Metro, Roanoke, VA, Medicine, Health, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Health Insurance

Mon Dec 07, 2009

The Biotech Stock Blog

Astra-Zeneca Flies to JUPITER on Drug Results

The second phase of a monumental pharmaceutical study was released a few days ago, and women everywhere must pay attention.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sat Dec 05, 2009

KOLN-TV Lincoln

Popular Cholesterol Drugs in Question

The American Heart Association says high cholesterol affects more than 30 million Americans, and two of the most popular prescription drugs used widely to treat it are in question again.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Medication, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Cardiology

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Forbes Autos

Why You May Need Cholesterol Drugs

Even adults at moderate risk for developing heart disease can benefit from these medicines.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Medication, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Stroke, Cardiology

Wed Dec 02, 2009

MyCentralJersey.com

Even a small study on Zetia, Vytorin makes impact

It isn't often that a study involving a couple of hundred people shakes up medical science.

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Related Topix: Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Medication, Medicine, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Biotech, Merck , Healthcare Industry

Tue Dec 01, 2009

The Motley Fool

Merck Makes a Mark on Good Cholesterol

For many years, Merck has been a leader in developing drugs designed to fight so-called "bad" cholesterol, thus reducing the risk of clogged arteries and heart disease.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health, Mevacor, Lovastatin (generic), Medication, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic)

Burlington Times News

Reader finds success with nonstatin

Dear Dr. Gott: Like several of your readers, I, too, suffered from painful muscle aches after taking various statin drugs for cholesterol control.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pravachol, Pravastatin (generic), Medication, Pain, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Life, Food, Dieting

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Daily Herald

Abbott settles patent suit over TriCor

Abbott Laboratories said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. won't sell the 145-milligram version of Abbott's TriCor cholesterol-lowering drug until at least 2011 under a patent-infringement lawsuit settlement.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Abbott Laboratories, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Medicine, Tricor, Fenofibrate (generic), Medication, Health

Medical News Today

SDI Reports: Prescriptions For Patients New To Niaspan Rise 41% In...

In the week ending Friday, Nov. 20 - after the American Heart Association and New England Journal of Medicine released results of the Arbiter 6-HALTS study on Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Medication, Health

Sun Nov 29, 2009

The Peninsula

Pfizer sues Philippine firm

Dispute highlights challenges facing drug groups in the Philippines, writes Roel Landingin.

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Related Topix: Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health, Business News

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Seeking Alpha

Vitamin Beats Statin: Is Merck's Zetia in Trouble?

A small study is causing a big splash in the multi-billion dollar world of cholesterol treatments.

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Related Topix: Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Medication, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Kevin, M.D.

How does Zetia and niacin affect the carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT)?

By a margin of 0.014 mm in carotid intima-media thickness , extended-release niacin demonstrated superiority over ezetimibe as an add-on for high risk patients on long term statin therapy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Medication, Health, Jessup, MD

Tue Nov 24, 2009

The Spokesman-Review

Wet pj's eased son's eczema November 24, 2009

Q. Do you know about the "wet pajama" treatment for childhood eczema? Wet a pair of cotton pajamas and wring them out.

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

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Examiner.com

The NMR LipoProfile cholesterol particle size test more accurate measure of heart health risk

It seems just about everyone these days is aware of cholesterol because of the relentless daily barrage of advertisements from the pharmaceutical companies pushing these cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor, Crestor, and the like.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Life, Food, Dieting, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Pharmaceutical Online

Merck Expresses Confidence In The Efficacy And Safety Profiles...

Merck Expresses Confidence In The Efficacy And Safety Profiles Of ZETIA And VYTORIN As Effective Medicines For Managing Elevated Cholesterol November 18, 2009 At the American Heart Association meeting recently, Merck & Co., Inc.

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Related Topix: Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Medication, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Life, Food, Dieting, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor

Sat Nov 21, 2009

MyCentralJersey.com

Even a small study on Zetia, Vytorin makes impact

The drug's maker, Merck & Co., didn't wait for the bad news to break. In anticipation of the findings, executives including Peter Kim, president of Merck Research Laboratories, and Richard Pasternak, Merck's head of global scientific affairs, sought to discredit the study by calling it 'flawed' and misleading in press interviews and through a ...

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Related Topix: Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Medication, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Law, Health, Food and Drug Administration, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor

About.com

Extended-Release Niacin Wins Over Zetia in Reducing Plaque Thickness

A new study brings a new blow to Zetia . In a recent study published by the New England Journal of Medicine, it appears that taking the extended release form of a common supplement, niacin, works better in reducing atherosclerotic plaque thickness than Zetia, a newer cholesterol drug that is used to specifically lower LDL cholesterol.

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Related Topix: Medication, Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Medicine, Health

News-Medical.Net

Review of study presented at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

In the study presented today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida today, The Effect of Extended-release Niacin or Ezetimibe Added to Chronic Statin Therapy On Carotid Intima Media Thickness , study found that: Adding the cholesterol drug niacin to a statin improved HDL cholesterol levels and significantly ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Medication, Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Health

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Philly.com

Diabetes on 54 cents a day

A month's supply of some of the latest diabetes medicines can cost more than $100 or even $200 if a patient is forced to pay out of pocket, says diabetes doctor Mark Schutta.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Metformin (generic), Glucophage

Examiner.com

Niacin side effects

Niacin: Safe and effective treatment for cholesterol? Lynn MacPherson Niacin: Safe and effective treatment for cholesterol? Many Americans battle high cholesterol levels and are looking for treatments that are safe and effective with few side effects.

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Related Topix: Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Medicine, Medication, Health

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