More bad news for the makers (and takers) of cholesterol-reducing drug ezetimibe (Zetia)

Posted on 16 November 2009

Previously, I have written about the drug combination of simvastatin and ezetimibe (sold as Vytorin in the US). Both of these drugs reduce cholesterol, but through different mechanisms. Taken together, these drugs do do a good job of reducing cholesterol levels And we all know that the lower we get the cholesterol levels down the better, right? Well, actually, results show that Vytorin did not work to halt the progression of the

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Published November 16, 2009 . Filed under: Cholesterol and Statins, Food and Medical Politics, Nutrients and Supplements

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1. Anonymous says:

   [...] Man kan l

   November 16, 2009 @ 7:58 pm

2. Good News & Bad News: Vitamin D vs. Statins | Free The Animal says:

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   November 17, 2009 @ 4:10 am

3. Money talks .. says:

   .. .. and power corrupts

   November 19, 2009 @ 3:03 pm

4. Robin says:

   When is this obsession with cholesterol going to end. We’ve know since 1936 (and from subsequent studies) that there’s no correlation between athersclerosis. There isn’t “good” and “bad” cholesterol.

   I wonder if GP’s obsession with statins is engendered by the large amounts their practices get paid for prescribing the drugs? Surely not….

   November 21, 2009 @ 3:47 am

5. Robin says:

   I meant to say “no correlation between atherosclerosis and cholesterol”. )

   November 21, 2009 @ 6:51 pm

6. brendan stallard says:

   I’ve had the usual earache from my doctor over these last couple of years approaching 60 years old.

   I generally do what my doctor tells me, and so I started out taking statins of one sort or another, we spent two years going through them and all were riven with horrible side effects, blinding headaches, lack of energy, bombed out and shaking hands, feet, lack of co-ordination, you name it.

   Got to the point, after two years of trying really hard to get to the point where these things side effects didn’t really mess up my life, I said, “Doc, if living means taking statins, I don’t want to live”.

   I meant it then and I mean it now.

   Dreadful things.

   brendan

   January 22, 2010 @ 8:47 pm

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