
Results 1 - 20 of 35 in Fluvastatin (generic), Lescol, Lescol XL
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Associated With 50% Lower Odds of Dying From Seasonal Flu
Once again, the popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have been shown to be good for more than the heart: They may also lower your odds of dying of the flu. Comment?
A class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. Comment?
Scabies spreads from person to person
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: We have an outbreak of scabies in our area. Will you explain how one gets them? Is it by shaking hands or from pushing a grocery cart in the supermarket? How does one get rid of them? - D.S. Scabies fills people with dread and disgust because they think it comes from poor personal hygiene. 1 comment
do statins cause leg and feet cramps
When I take cholesterol drugs with or without statins, I get 20 to 40 leg cramps or cramps in my feet mostly at night while in bed. Comment?
New study supports statin's anti-dementia effects
In the largest cohort study to date, treatment with a cholesterol-lowering statin drug was found to reduce new cases of Alzheimer's disease, regardless of the specific type of statin used or a person's genetic risk for the disease. Comment?
Perioperative statin use: a randomized controlled trial
Myocardial ischemic events at 30 days in these statin naA ve patients undergoing vascular surgery were cut in half . Comment?
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Health News of the Day is a daily summary made from the selected links I post on Twitter . Comment?
Major Study Shows That Lescol(R) XL, A Statin From Novartis, Improves ...
Patients undergoing vascular surgery treated perioperatively with Lescol XL showed a significant improvement in postoperative cardiac outcome within 30 days of having the procedure compared with placebo, according to results of the DECREASE III study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine1. Comment?
Statins Before Vascular Surgery Cut Deaths, Complications
A dose of a cholesterol-lowering statin before vascular surgery reduces the risk of complications and death, new Dutch research shows. Comment?
Statins cut deaths after blood vessel surgery
People getting an artery unclogged or repaired were much less likely to die or have a heart attack afterward if they took preventive doses of cheap, cholsterol-lowering pills known as statins before and after their operations, a Dutch study shows. Comment?
Statin cuts heart problems after artery surgery
Score another victory for the cheap, cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs known as statins. Comment?
Statins before vascular surgery cut deaths, complications
A dose of a cholesterol-lowering statin before vascular surgery reduces the risk of complications and death, new Dutch research shows. Comment?
Study: Statins Cut Risks to Heart
Published: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 8:02 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 8:02 p.m. Score another victory for the cheap, cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs known as statins. Comment?
Briefing: One dose or two for vaccine?
The answer may be near to a crucial question about a vaccine for the advancing swine flu - one shot or two? Chinese officials say they are about to approve vaccines in a single dose. Comment?
Research shows statin use reduces heart attacks, deaths after surgery on blood vessels
Score another victory for the cheap, cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs known as statins. Comment?
Statin cuts heart problems after a ...
Score another victory for the cheap, cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs known as statins. Comment?
Statin Therapy Before Vascular Surgery Cuts Cardiac Events
Administering fluvastatin to patients in advance of vascular surgery can reduce the incidence of adverse cardiac events postoperatively, according to a study in the Sept. Comment?
Fluvastatin in Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery
Olaf Schouten, M.D., Ph.D., Eric Boersma, Ph.D., Sanne E. Hoeks, M.Sc., Robbert Benner, Ph.D., Hero van Urk, M.D., Ph.D., Marc R.H.M. van Sambeek, M.D., Ph.D., Hence J.M. Verhagen, M.D., Ph.D., Nisar A. Khan, Ph.D., Martin Dunkelgrun, M.D., Ph.D., Jeroen J. Bax, M.D., Ph.D., Don Poldermans, M.D., Ph.D., for the Dutch Echocardiographic Cardiac Risk ... Comment?
Pull the cap and base to sepaarte.. Never share my depo provera horror story, an injction pen or carrtidge with anotehr perso. Comment?
Statins May Increase Antiviral Activity of Hepatitis C Therapies and Delay Development of Resistance
Statin drugs, typically used to manage high cholesterol, reduced hepatitis C virus replication and increased the activity of interferon and directly-targeted anti-HCV agents in laboratory studies, and prevented development of resistance, according to a report in the July 2009 issue of Hepatology . Comment?