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Combined supplements no better for cholesterol
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding a plant-derived compound called a sterol to the cholesterol-lowering agent red yeast rice doesn't make it work any better, according to a new study. "I expected to see a synergistic effect with red yeast rice, and I was...Tags: Placebo, Diseases and Illnesses, Melrose Park, Cardiologists, Elmhurst
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Ranbaxy pleads guilty, to pay $500 million in U.S. settlement
Reuters(Reuters) - Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd pleaded guilty on Monday to felony charges related to drug safety and will pay $500 million in civil and criminal fines under the settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice....Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Government, Drug Trafficking, Criminals, India
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Shop around for deals on prescription drugs
If your insurance has ever stopped covering a prescription drug or you don’t have coverage at all, you know how quickly costs can mount. Americans spent, on average, $758 out of pocket for medication in 2012, according to a recent Consumer Reports...Tags: Target, Prescription Drugs, CVS Corp., Plavix (drug), Asthma
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U.S. spending on medicines fell for first time in 2012
Reuters(Reuters) - Patent expirations on big-name drugs such as Lipitor and Plavix has resulted in modestly less spending on medicines in the United States for the first time in at least 55 years, according to a report released on Thursday. Overall U.S....Tags: Prescription Drugs, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, AstraZeneca Plc, Plavix (drug), Flu
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Spending on drugs falls for first time in 55 years
ReutersThe amount of money Americans spend on prescription drugs fell for the first time in 55 years, according to a report from the IMS Institute of Healthcare Informatic. The expiration of patents on widley used drugs such drugs such as Lipitor and Plaviix...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Lipitor (drug), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, AstraZeneca Plc
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FDA approves Merck combination cholesterol lowering pill
ReutersMay 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a Merck & Co cholesterol lowering pill that combines a generic version of Pfizer Inc's Lipitor with its own Zetia, Merck said on Friday. The new combination drug will be sold under the brand...Tags: Simvastatin (drug), Lipitor (drug), Vytorin (drug), Food and Drug Administration, Zetia (drug)
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Delray man accused of writing fake pain killer prescription
It started with a search over the Internet: "How to write a pain killer prescription." With information gained from the search and a page from his doctor's prescription pad, Boca Raton Police say Jason Ian Bayne, 44, of Delray Beach, walked into a Boca...
Tags: Delray Beach, Lipitor (drug), Vicodin (drug), Pain
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Big name drug savings
If you take Lipitor, Actos, or Lexapro, new generics of these and other big-name drugs could be a real money saver. But are you saving as much as you should? Consumer Reports has discovered just because you're buying a generic drug doesn't mean you're...
Tags: Target, Prescription Drugs, CVS Corp., Plavix (drug), Asthma
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Briefs: Harvard Health Letters
Premium Health News ServiceWHY YOU STILL NEED PERTUSSIS VACCINATION You might have assumed that you no longer need to be vaccinated for diseases that normally strike in childhood, including pertussis, or whooping cough. Yet a recent study published in the December 2012 journal...Tags: Tetanus, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Food and Drug Administration, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Proscar linked to lasting sexual side effects in men
Q: Now that I'm nearing divorce court (in large part due to sexual difficulties), I was dismayed by the response to a person inquiring about finasteride (Proscar). I have every single side effect in your answer. I have not taken Proscar for some time. I...
Tags: Vitamin D, Back Pain, Pharmaceuticals, Proscar (drug), Osteoporosis
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Getting back to sleep
Q: I hate having to get up three or four times a night to urinate. Around 3 or 4 in the morning, I have trouble getting back to sleep. I have discovered that when I take ibuprofen for post-exercise soreness, I am much less likely to be awakened by my...
Tags: Voltaren (drug), Simvastatin (drug), Prescription Drugs, Grapefruit, Gabapentin (drug)
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Grapefruit doesn't mix well with some drugs, researchers remind
Los Angeles TimesIt’s been known for a long time that eating grapefruit and taking certain prescription oral medications — including the cholesterol drugs atorvastatin, lovastatin and simvastatin as well as some cancer and heart drugs — don’t mix. ...Tags: Simvastatin (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Drugs, Lipitor (drug), Chemical Industry
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