Re: What about VYTORIN?

From: listener (listener_at_nospam.net)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: 30 Nov 2004 17:24:15 GMT

sinaj101@aol.comnospam (Janis) wrote in
news:20041130012615.10404.00000814@mb-m25.aol.com:

>
> Ok, we see a lot about Crestor and other cholesterol lowering
> medications but what about VYTORIN? Is this one just too new and they
> don't know as much about bad side effects? I have been taking Crestor
> and my doctor is about to switch me to VYTORIN. I'm just curious if
> anyone here has taken it or has any input about it. I need to do more
> research for sure.

 Yes, Vytorin is new (approved in Jul/04) but it's simply the combination
of two not-so-new drugs: ezetimibe and simvastatin, which block cholesterol
absorption in two distinct ways. (We're probably going to see more of these
"combo" meds in the future.)

In a multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study Vytorin
lowered LDL levels by over 50% (and that was at the lowest dosage...).

L.

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