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    Jan 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
    2. Mar 19, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Consumer Confidential: Credit risk, Zocor risk, home prices

    Money & Company
    Here's your flippantly Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --A lot of homeowners may be helped by the federal government's loan-modification program, intended to assist people having a hard time making mortgage payments. But there may be....
    3. Mar 19, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  3. The FDA cautions against high doses of Zocor (simvastatin), urges label changes

    Booster Shots
    The highest doses of the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor produce an increased risk of muscle damage, the Food and Drug Administration cautioned Friday. The risk is highest in patients of Chinese descent and is also high when Zocor, known generically as......
    4. Apr 7, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. A handle on heart disease?

    The cholesterol drug did absolutely everything it was supposed to do -- except for demonstrably improving the health of the people who took it.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    The cholesterol drug did absolutely everything it was supposed to do -- except for demonstrably improving the health of the people who took it. That was the conclusion reached about the popular drug Vytorin in a study published online last week in the...

    Tags: New Zealand, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses

    5. Mar 14, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. A quick review of the state of statins

    Statins are the most prescribed drugs in the world, taken by nearly 21 million Americans. So when anything changes with these cholesterol-lowering medications, it makes headlines.
    Statins are the most prescribed drugs in the world, taken by nearly 21 million Americans. So when anything changes with these cholesterol-lowering medications, it makes headlines. That was the case when the Food and Drug Administration recently announced...

    Tags: Lipitor (drug), Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Food and Drug Administration, Cardiologists

    6. Apr 8, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  6. Doctor's Orders: Patient, Heal Thyself

    Not long ago I went for my annual physical. My doctor wanted me (a 65-year-old male) to lower my cholesterol and said he could prescribe a drug like Lipitor, Zocor or one of the other much-advertised statins that pay for the network evening news shows.
    The Hartford Courant
    Not long ago I went for my annual physical. My doctor wanted me (a 65-year-old male) to lower my cholesterol and said he could prescribe a drug like Lipitor, Zocor or one of the other much-advertised statins that pay for the network evening news shows....

    Tags: Lipitor (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Mayo Clinic, Statins (drugs), Prescription Drugs

    7. Feb 28, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  7. FDA changes safety warnings on statins

    Health
    If you are among the many who take Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor or other cholesterol-lowering drugs, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has news for you. The FDA updated its safety warning labels for statins, giving consumers better information on side...
    8. Jan 4, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  8. How to save on prescription drugs: A primer for 2012

    Tribune Media Services
    Many Americans are soon going to find prescription medications making less of a dent in their wallets, with 19 brand-name drugs losing patent protection this year or next, and more than two dozen others by 2015. Before long, "eight out of 10 prescriptions...

    Tags: Lipitor (drug), Chemicals, Health and Medical Professionals, St. Louis, Plavix (drug)

    9. May 26, 2011 |Story| Reuters
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    10. May 26, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune
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    11. Nov 15, 2005 |Story| WNEP

  11. Statin Study

    November 15, 2005 - 11:43a.m. CHICAGO (AP) - A new study shows high doses of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor are no better at preventing heart attacks than regular does of the competing drug Zocor. The study was funded and conducted by Lipitor's...

    Tags: Lipitor (drug), Medical Research, Heart Surgery, Death, Pfizer Inc.

    12. Jun 22, 2006 |Story| WNEP

  12. Zocor Goes Generic

    June 22, 2006 5:15 p.m. Good news for many taking one cholesterol lowering medication. The blockbuster drug, Zocor, goes generic Friday. That means patients who now take Zocor can save money. Statin drugs, including Zocor, are called blockbuster...

    Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Heart Attack, Healthcare Provider, Blockbuster, Drugs and Medicines

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