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Review Paper Helps Explain Statins’ Side Effects

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A review paper, published in the online edition of American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, provides the most complete picture to date of reported side effects of statins, showing the state of evidence for each. The paper also helps explain why some people have a higher risk than others for such adverse effects.

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Lipitor’s effectiveness for Women questioned

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Clinical trials for Lipitor reported statistically significant

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Lipitor’s Effectiveness for Women Questioned

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Clinical trials for Lipitor reported statistically significant positive results for men, but not for women.

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Celebrex-Lipitor Combo May Halt Prostate Cancer

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Researchers at Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy have shown that administering a combination of the widely used drugs Celebrex and Lipitor stops the transition of early prostate cancer to its more aggressive and potentially fatal stage.

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Older Adults at High Risk for Drug Interactions

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At least one in 25 older adults–about 2.2 million people in the U.S.–take multiple drugs in combinations that can produce a harmful drug-drug interaction, and half of these interactions involve a nonprescription medication, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the December 24/31, 2008 issue of JAMA.

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Abbott Receives FDA Approval for Cholesterol Drug Trilipix

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Abbott’s Trilipix (fenofibric acid) delayed-release capsules for use along with diet to help lower triglycerides and LDL (low-density lipoprotein, or “bad”) cholesterol and to raise HDL (hihg-density lipoprotein, or “good”) cholesterol in patients with lipid problems.

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New Study Finds Statins Cut Heart Attack Risk in Women

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For the first time ever, a new study provides direct evidence that cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins can prevent heart attacks, strokes and deaths among women.

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Statins Linked With Lower Prostate-specific Antigen Levels

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Use of cholesterol-lowering statins is associated with a statistically significant decline in prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, according to a report in the October 28 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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Researcher Studies Ties Between Cholesterol Drugs, Muscle Problems

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A Michigan State University researcher is studying whether the most popular class of cholesterol-lowering drugs may cause muscle problems in users.

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Cholesterol Drugs Lower Risk of Stroke for Elderly

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Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a stroke or mini-stroke lower their risk of having another stroke just as much as younger people in the same situation, according to research published in the September 3, 2008 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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