ezetimibe

• “ Bad news continues to buffet the once-blockbuster cholesterol drug ezetimibe, which is sold under the brand name Zetia.”

  Consumer Reports: Study adds weight to case against cholesterol drug Zetia

• “Bad news continues to buffet the once-blockbuster cholesterol drug ezetimibe, which is sold under the brand name Zetia.”

  Consumer Reports: Study adds weight to case against cholesterol drug Zetia

• “Vytorin is a combination of Zetia (ezetimibe) and the statin Zocor (simvastatin).”

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• “Vytorin combines simvastatin, also sold as Zocor, and ezetimibe, which by itself is sold as Zetia.”

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• “Backing up research released last year, a new study has found that ezetimibe does not reduce fatty build-ups in the arteries, despite lowering levels of "bad" (LDL) cholesterol in the blood.”

  Consumer Reports: Study adds weight to case against cholesterol drug Zetia

• “These findings are another major blow to ezetimibe.”

  Consumer Reports: Study adds weight to case against cholesterol drug Zetia

• “When the researchers saw that people taking niacin had notable improvement in their arteries while those taking ezetimibe did not, they decided to stop the study early.”

  Consumer Reports: Study adds weight to case against cholesterol drug Zetia

• “In the new study, half the people took ezetimibe and half took an extended-release version of niacin, in addition to their statin.”

  Consumer Reports: Study adds weight to case against cholesterol drug Zetia

• “Besides Zetia, you can also get a pill called Vytorin that combines ezetimibe with a statin (the earlier research looked at this combined form).”

  Consumer Reports: Study adds weight to case against cholesterol drug Zetia

• “The study also found that people taking ezetimibe were slightly more likely to have died, had a heart attack, or had other serious heart or circulation problems during the study.”

  Consumer Reports: Study adds weight to case against cholesterol drug Zetia

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