Zetia

Zetia Oral
Posted by Zetia (Zetia) on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:15:43 +0000

HealthCentral.com - This medication is used either alone or with other drugs (e.g., HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or "statins"), along with a low cholesterol/low fat diet, to help lower cholesterol in the blood. Reducing cholesterol helps prevent strokes and heart ...

Different statin, same pain
Los Angeles Times - I have tried many statin drugs for cholesterol, but all gave me muscle pain and cramps. My doctor put me on Zetia and insists it can't cause muscle pain since it is not absorbed into the bloodstream. I still have muscle pain, cramps and tingling in ...

Plough sales heartened by cholesterol remedies
Memphis Commercial Appeal - NEWARK, N.J. -- Schering-Plough Corp. said Monday its second-quarter profit more than doubled as revenue climbed 13 percent on the strength of cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia. Net income climbed to $517 million, or 34 cents per share, after ...

Schering-Plough Quarterly Profit Boosted by Cholesterol Drugs
CNBC - Schering-Plough on Monday said second-quarter earnings more than doubled, driven by growing demand for its Zetia and Vytorin cholesterol drugs and its treatments for arthritis and allergies. The drug maker's quarterly profit increased to $517 million ...

Merck's 2Q Profit Up Nearly 12 Percent
Wilmington Morning Star - Sales of Zetia and Vytorin, the cholesterol drugs it markets jointly with partner Schering-Plough Corp., rose 30 percent to $1.3 billion; Merck's equity income from that venture totaled $465 million. Sales of Merck's older cholesterol drug Zocor ...