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Alternative medicine is becoming mainstream
Leon Wittman tweaked his shoulder in 1994 while attempting to keep his basement from flooding during a thunderstorm by scooping water out of a window well with a bucket.
His left arm began to ache. He realized about a year later that he rarely used it...Tags: Arthritis, Insomnia, Heart Attack, Health and Safety at School, Mayo Clinic
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Consumer Confidential: Credit risk, Zocor risk, home prices
Money & CompanyHere'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.... -
The FDA cautions against high doses of Zocor (simvastatin), urges label changes
Booster ShotsThe 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...... -
A handle on heart disease?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe 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: Northwestern University, Liver, Drugs and Medicines, Heart Attack, High Cholesterol
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A pill for every problem
Tuesdays with MitchLast week, my father suffered a medical emergency. At the hospital, we were asked what medication he took. He is 83. His answer was aspirin and Zocor. "That's it?" came the reply. Days later, when he had been prescribed a daily blood thinner pill, a...Tags: Chemical Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Aspirin (drug), Depression, Insomnia
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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. That was the case when the Food and Drug Administration recently announced...
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FDA changes safety warnings on statins
HealthIf 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... -
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Presciption drug costs can shaved by shopping around
Allentown Morning CallIt's no secret that prescription drugs can be very expensive. But you're not necessarily stuck paying the high prices. That's important to know, given that more people are paying for large parts of their medical insurance nowadays. But even people with...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Hospitals and Clinics, Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Local Government
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Group seeking warnings on cholesterol drugs
AP Medical WriterNearly two weeks after a popular cholesterol-lowering drug was pulled off the market for causing deadly muscle destruction, a consumer group charged that five similar medications have killed an additional 81 people. Public Citizen petitioned the...Tags: Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Health, Heart Attack, Medical Research, Plastic Surgeons
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