Popular Statins Go Head to Head in New, Global Cholesterol Trial - Newswise (press release)

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:16:09 +0000

Popular Statins Go Head to Head in New, Global Cholesterol Trial
Newswise (press release) -Sep 5, 2007
Statins Crestor and Zocor are both available today and can be used in combination with a drug called Zetia that inhibits cholesterol absorption. ...

Schering-Plough's Sure-Footed Path - Barron's (subscription)

Barron's (subscription)

Schering-Plough's Sure-Footed Path
Barron's (subscription) -Aug 30, 2007
Thanks to the success of cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin, profits have soared, and so has the stock price. Up 66% since March 2006, the shares have ...

Abbott, AstraZeneca Advance Study of Cholesterol Pill (Update2) - Bloomberg

Fighting the Generics Next Door (The Motley Fool)

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:15:46 +0000

Pfizer tries to stop patients from switching to generic Zocor.

Popular Statins Go Head To Head In New, Global Cholesterol Trial (Medical News Today)
A new trial at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center will provide a head to head competition between two popular statin therapies to see which does a better job at lowering the levels of bad (LDL-C) in patients' blood. "High cholesterol leads to heart disease and stroke, two of our nation's top killers," said Dr. [click link for full article]

A guide to cholesterol numbers (The News & Observer)
Nearly 76 million Americans are living with elevated LDL, known as "bad" cholesterol, which is a major risk for heart disease -- the No. 1 killer in this country.

Merck to Surpass Pfizer as the Leading Company in the Cholesterol-Lowering Agent Drug Market by 2011 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Decision Resources and Millennium Research Group have produced a new report that finds that Merck will surpass Pfizer as the leading company in the cholesterol-lowering agent drug market by 2011.

Merck niacin drug controls cholesterol (AP via Yahoo! News)
An experimental cholesterol treatment touted by drugmaker Merck & Co. significantly reduced artery-clogging fats in late-stage testing, but it got a mixed reception from Wall Street analysts Tuesday....

Zetia - Drugs & Vitamins - Drug Library - DrugDigest

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:15:35 +0000

EZETIMIBE (Zetia®) blocks the absorption of cholesterol from the stomach. ... If you currently take Zetia, do you know everything that you need to know' ...

Patient Information Sheet: Ezetimibe (marketed as Zetia)
Patient Information Sheet: Exenatide (marketed as Byetta) ... Zetia is a medicine used to lower levels of total cholesterol and LDL (bad) ...

Doryx (Doxycycline Hyclate) drug description - prescription drugs and medications at RxList
Includes description, clinical pharmacology, dosage, and patient information.

ZETIA
ZETIA is available as a tablet for oral administration containing 10 mg of ezetimibe and the ... hypercholesterolemic patients, ZETIA inhibited intestinal ...

AIDSmeds.com - CROI 2007 : Zetia Lowers 'Bad' LDL Cholesterol - by Tim Horn
... from a study indicate that Zetia® (ezetimibe) may be a moderately ... Zetia Lowers 'Bad' LDL Cholesterol. Fosamax, Calcium, and Vitamin D for Bone Weakness ......

How's your cholesterol' (Detroit News)

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:16:12 +0000

Are you at risk of a heart attack' You could be if your cholesterol level is too high.

Liquid bandage eases earring irritation (Bradenton Herald)
By JOE GRAEDON and TERESA GRAEDON, Ph.D.

Schering-Plough Rises on Upgrade (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of drug developer Schering-Plough Corp. rose Monday after UBS Investment Research upgraded the stock on valuation.

Medications have been linked to painful nighttime erections (The Standard-Times)
Q. During sleep, I am awakened five or six times a night by erections. I'm 53 years old and take Flomax, venlafaxine, fosinopril, trazodone and vitamin B-12. Can any of these medications cause this problem'

Rx for Drug Ads (TV Week)
Imagine a pharmaceutical company being able to find out how asthma sufferers are responding to its commercials....

Zetia Oral

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 ... ...

Getting To The Heart Of Things: Big Pharma Marketing Challenges (Search Engine Land)

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:16:24 +0000

While I don’t recall asking for her opinion, I got it all the same. My wife—of course—thinks that my problem is due to my diet. She says that I could eat in a more healthy way (whatever that means). However, I, on the other hand, like to think—as any self-respectable kid does—that this is all my parents’ fault. After all, each of them has been on cholesterol meds since they hit ...

How's your cholesterol' (Detroit News)
Are you at risk of a heart attack' You could be if your cholesterol level is too high.

Tri-State Neighbor (Tri-State Neighbor)
Q:I have had pierced ears for more than 25 years, yet I still can't wear most of my earrings. After about an hour, my earlobes itch and become red and swollen with certain pairs, even expensive ones.

Liquid bandage eases earring irritation (Bradenton Herald)
By JOE GRAEDON and TERESA GRAEDON, Ph.D.

Schering-Plough Rises on Upgrade (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of drug developer Schering-Plough Corp. rose Monday after UBS Investment Research upgraded the stock on valuation....

ZETIA ® (ezetimibe) treatment information at zetia.com

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:17:43 +0000

Offers information about the treatment to reduce LDL cholesterol. From Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals.

Zetia Information from Drugs.com
Zetia ezetimibe Information from Drugs.com. Includes side effects, interactions, indications ... Zetia is used to reduce the amount of total cholesterol, LDL ...

Zetia Drug Information and Side Effects (Ezetimibe) on HealthSquare.com
Learn about Zetia (Ezetimibe), including potential side effects and drug interactions. ... Zetia. Zocor. See all related drugs ...

LDL Cholesterol: Information on how to help fight it
Learn how to help block the absorption of LDL cholesterol that comes from food at zetia.com. ... that's not enough, ask your doctor if ZETIA is right for you. ...

Drugs and Treatments - Zetia Oral - Patient Handout from WebMD
Information on Zetia Oral - Patient Handout. Find the answers you need about over the counter and prescription medications, vitamins and supplements, and much more....