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FDA OKs Abbott cholesterol drug Simcor - CNNMoney.com

Abbott has targeted this market with drug Advicor, which includes Niaspan and the lower-strength statin Lovastatin. An estimated 80 million Americans have ...

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfee... | Posted: Fri Feb 15 18:32:27 -0500 2008

Popular cholesterol-lowering option could carry risks - Lansing State Journal

However, the FDA has warned that the following red yeast rice products could contain a prescription medication known as lovastatin: » Red Yeast Rice and Red ...

http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/... | Posted: Tue Feb 19 04:24:26 -0500 2008

FDA OKs Abbott Cholesterol Drug Simcor - Forbes

Abbott has targeted this market with drug Advicor, which includes Niaspan and the lower-strength statin Lovastatin. An estimated 80 million Americans have ...

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/20... | Posted: Fri Feb 15 18:21:48 -0500 2008

FDA OKs Abbott cholesterol drug Simcor - MSN Money

Abbott has targeted this market with drug Advicor, which includes Niaspan and the lower-strength statin Lovastatin. An estimated 80 million Americans have ...

http://moneycentral.msn.com/inc/n... | Posted: Fri Feb 15 18:19:19 -0500 2008

Do not take grapefruit at all while on certain medications - Grand Forks Herald (subscription)

The prescribing information that comes with the statin drugs lovastatin and simvastatin implies that drinking up to a quart (four 8-ounce glasses) of ...

http://www.grandforksherald.com/a... | Posted: Sat Feb 16 01:19:09 -0500 2008

Needing Prescriptions Need Not Mean Buying Most Expensive - WRAL.com

For high cholesterol, instead of Lipitor at $98 a month, Best Buy Drugs says Lovastatin at $34 dollars would be a better choice for many people, ...

http://www.wral.com/5onyourside/s... | Posted: Tue Feb 12 17:39:29 -0500 2008

Promising data for Merck’s HIV drug Isentress - Pharma Times (subscription)

... claims that it artificially inflated prices for some of its drugs in the USA, including Mevacor (lovastatin), Vioxx (rofecoxib) and Zocor (simvastatin). ...

Posted: Fri Feb 08 05:23:00 -0500 2008

Market Report -- In Play (MRK) - MSN Money

Merck receives not approvable letter from FDA for OTC MEVACOR (lovastatin) 20 mg Co received a not approvable letter from the US Food and Drug ...

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/... | Posted: Fri Jan 25 18:10:50 -0500 2008

Consumer Reports: Lipitor Ad Contributes to Misconceptions - HealthNewsDigest.com

Of six existing statins, three--lovastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin--are now available as generics. About 20 million Americans take a statin. ...

http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/n... | Posted: Thu Feb 07 13:00:34 -0500 2008

Policosanol from sugarcane can prevent heart attack - Manila Bulletin

With these facts come cholesterol-lowering prescribed medications or statin drugs such as simvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, and atorvastatin. ...

http://www.mb.com.ph/WLBG20080130... | Posted: Tue Jan 29 11:49:38 -0500 2008




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