Pravachol

BEHAR: So he put me on Pravachol, which is a statin.

CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2002 2002

Dr. John Abramson cites an article that he read in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) that was titled "Pravastatin Therapy and Risk of Stroke," which examined how a drug commonly known as Pravachol supposedly reduced risk of stroke in patients by a whopping 19\% (14).

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The studies offer strong evidence that inflammation is a major factor in the progression of heart disease and may make statins -- including best-selling cholesterol drugs such as Pravachol, Zocor and Lipitor -- even more popular.

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So he put me on Pravachol which is a statin and my numbers went down like 100 points in two months.

CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2002 2002

The company manufactures and sells branded pharmaceutical drugs such as Pravachol for cholesterol reduction, Plavix for hypertension and Erbitux for cancer.

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Five people have heart attacks despite taking Pravachol.

Presenting Health Statistics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The exception is pravastatin (Pravachol), which is not affected by St. John's wort.

Leo Galland, M.D.: Mixing Medications and Vitamins: When It Hurts, When It Helps 2010

Crestor was approved on the basis of trials in more than 10,000 patients showing that it dramatically reduced bad cholesterol more than Lipitor, Zocor and Pravachol.

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For instance, we now have six statins Mevacor, Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Lescol, and the newest, Crestor on the market to lower cholesterol, all variants of the first.

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The exception is pravastatin (Pravachol), which is not affected by St. John's wort.

Mixing Medications and Vitamins: When It Hurts, When It Helps M.D. Leo Galland 2010