What Is Vytorin Taken For
Vytorin better than Lipitor, says manufacturer
October 02, 2008
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Vytorin: Three Things You Need to Know
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...benefits and risks of a widely used drug. This time it's Vytorin, a cholesterol-lowering drug... Read more »
Vytorin® Crash and Burn? Is cholesterol dead?
By Dr. William Davis , Health ExpertThe makers of Vytorin®, Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, recently issued a controversial... Read more »
Ezetimibe: Under the gun
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...failure. Physicians should now stop using ezetimibe or Vytorin except as a last resort." - Dr.... Read more »
Cholesterol-Lowering Medications Cause Pain
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health ExpertRaise your right hand if you are taking a cholesterol-lower medication like Crestor or Lipitor.... Read more »
Avandia, Vytorin, and now the ACCORD diabetes study: What's going on here?
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert...reduce cardiac risk, increases cardiac risk. 2. Vytorin, used to lower cholesterol levels,... Read more »
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Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
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This medication is a combination of two drugs, ezetimibe and simvastatin. It is used along with... Read more »
This medication is a combination of two drugs, ezetimibe and simvastatin. It is used along with a... Read more »
This medication is a combination of two drugs, ezetimibe and simvastatin. It is used along with a... Read more »
This medication is a combination of two drugs, ezetimibe and simvastatin. It is used along with a... Read more »
This medication is a combination of two drugs, ezetimibe and simvastatin. It is used along with a... Read more »
Related News
Price check: Vytorin
October 02, 2008A comparison of current prices for Vytorin via online drug distributors. Read summary »
Vytorin's new label can say it lowers cholesterol better than Crestor
October 02, 2008The Food and Drug Administration has approved the inclusion of claims on Vytorin's new label that Vytorin is better at lowering "bad" cholesterol... Read summary »
Q&A: Does Vytorin cause leg cramps?
October 02, 2008Joe and Teresa Graedon of The People's Pharmacy respond to a reader's question about whether the reader's crippling lower-leg cramps were caused by... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Vytorin+niacin for patients with high cholesterol
October 02, 2008This is a study to determine the safety and effectiveness of a combination of Vytorin and niacin in patients with high cholesterol. This national... Read summary »
New combo med may be more effective than Vytorin
October 02, 2008Drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough are teaming up to make a new combination cholesterol medication that will compete with Vytorin. Vytorin is a... Read summary »
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