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Melanie Thomassian

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posted 07/18/2008, comments (0)

Statins for Children: A Follow-Up

Statins are one of the most frequently prescribed drugs for cholesterol lowering in adults worldwide. However, new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics are recommending these drugs for "at risk" children as young as 8 years. The recommendations have proved controversial in the US, with some health professionals extremely concerned... Read moreChevron
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posted 07/09/2008, comments (0)

Kids on Statins? Really?

Before you go carting your children off to the doctor for a full cholesterol work-up based on the latest guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics, take a look at Is it for real? Cholesterol screening in toddlers and statins from elementary school age? by Sandy Szwarc, BSN, RN, CCP from her blog Junkfood Science.   Have more... Read moreChevron
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posted 04/29/2008, comment (1)

Do Statins Lower Your IQ?

  That’s a question more and more people in the medical community are beginning to wonder.  Anectodotal reports from several prominent physicians and medical centers have surfaced claiming that statins are associated with significant cognitive and memory impairment.  In most of the stories, the memory loss was temporary... Read moreChevron
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posted 04/01/2008, comment (1)

Vytorin: Three Things You Need to Know

Another week, another set of studies calling into question the benefits and risks of a widely used drug. This time it's Vytorin, a cholesterol-lowering drug that combines a statin (in this case Zocor) with a drug that lowers bad cholesterol a different way (Zetia, aka ezetimibe).  As usual, the story is getting political (Congressional... Read moreChevron
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posted 01/23/2008, comment (1)

Ezetimibe: Under the gun

"This is a pretty clear failure. Physicians should now stop using ezetimibe or Vytorin except as a last resort." - Dr. Steven Nissen (Cleveland Clinic, OH)   "Dr. Nissen's suggestion about a moratorium on ezitimibe is rather alarmist, given that this was just an imaging study, and an imaging study should not change... Read moreChevron
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