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Dr. Kang

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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 more Chevron

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posted 01/18/2008, comments (2)

Vytorin® Crash and Burn? Is cholesterol dead?

The makers of Vytorin®, Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, recently issued a controversial press release about the Enhance Study that compared the effects of Vytorin® (a combination of simvastatin and ezetimibe, brand name Zetia®) vs. just simvastatin. No substantial difference was observed with the addition of... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/14/2008, comments (0)

Zetia and Your Liver

In December 2007, the New York Times published an article entitled "Data about Zetia risk was not fully revealed." The article claimed that Merck and Schering-Plough, the manufacturers of Zetia (aka ezetimibe), have information pertaining to the risk of liver damage when taking this cholesterol lowering medication in... Read more Chevron

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