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Cholesterol Drug Welchol
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High blood cholesterol occurs when there is too much cholesterol in your blood. Your cholesterol level is determined partly by your genetic makeup and the saturated
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Welcoming Welchol
A year ago the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug to treat type 2 diabetes. But few of us ever heard of it. Until now.... Read more »
Is there life for CETP inhibitors after the death of torcetrapib?
In the beginning of this year, I wrote two articles concerning torcetrapib, the $800 million failure of Pfizer to develop a new type of... Read more »
The Demise of a New Cholesterol Drug
“Torcetrapib: the $800 million dollar failure”“Pfizer stock drops 10.6%!”“This spells the death of what is arguably the most... Read more »
Thyroid Disease and Cholesterol
I recently saw a young woman in my clinic that was referred for treatment of a severely abnormal lipid profile. Her total cholesterol was... Read more »
Memory loss, confusion, increased diabetes risk possible side effects...
The FDA recently announced increased safety warnings for those taking cholesterol lowering drugs, saying that they can cause memory loss,... Read more »
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Adding WelChol to statin therapy may help reduce cholesterol f...
Researchers reviewed several studies in which patients taking simvastatin (Zocor), pravastatin (Pravachol), or atorvastatin (Lipitor) added... Read more »
Study: WelChol controls both cholesterol and diabetes
The cholesterol med WelChol may help patients with Type 2 diabetes control both their cholesterol and blood sugar, a new study has found. Tulane... Read more »
Clinical trial: Welchol's use in children with genetic high ch...
This is a study to evaluate the cholesterol-lowering effects of a combination of Welchol and an approved statin therapy in children and teens ages 10... Read more »
Study: Cholesterol drug helps lower glucose levels too
A new study by researchers in Texas has found that WelChol (colesevelam hydrochloride), a drug used to lower cholesterol, may also be effective in... Read more »
WelChol makes Zetia/Zocor combo work better, study finds
A new study has found that taking WelChol along with other cholesterol medicines may make the medicines more effective at lowering cholesterol.... Read more »
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