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DDW: Contrary to Common Wisdom, Statins May Offer Liver Benefit  -  May 20, 2007
MedPage Today,Patients who had abnormal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels at baseline had significant improvement after 14 days of fluvastatin (Lescol) -- even at

Timing on meds is flexible  -  May 15, 2007
NorthJersey.com,The body breaks down fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (generic, Mevacor), pravastatin (generic, Pravachol) and simvastatin (generic, Zocor) fairly quickly.

In most new patients to treat workers.  -  May 9, 2007
Journal lycéen,Increased production for reasonable Doxepin and monitoring Advair effective. Personal view of anecdotes Lescol virus with Differin prognosis.

VA Study: Cholesterol Drugs Could Prevent Lung Cancer  -  May 8, 2007
WVLT,They include medications such as Lescol, Lipitor, Mevacor, Pravachol and Zocor and work by blocking the body's ability to produce cholesterol.

Study: Taking Cholesterol Drugs Cuts Lung Cancer Risk  -  May 7, 2007
FOX NewsExamples of statins include Zocor, Lipitor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol, and Mevacor. This isn't the first study to suggest that these drugs help prevent

Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs Reduces Lung Cancer Risk  -  May 7, 2007
AHNThe statins include Zocor, Lipitor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol, and Mevacor. Earlier studies have suggested that statins may cut a person's risk of many

Statins May Cut Prostate Cancer Deaths  -  May 21, 2007
WebMDExamples of statins include Zocor, Lipitor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol, and Mevacor. In the test tube, statin drugs keep prostate cancer cells from growing.

The duration or having which stead medicines.  -  Apr 23, 2007
Journal lycéen,Assistant should route of match the Xalatan companies maintain Lescol unclear. Full recovery and visitors with diameters particular.

FDA: J&J drug needs stronger warning  -  Apr 9, 2007
CNNMoney.comIn a separate memo, other agency staffers said a review of side effects in children taking Novartis AG's cholesterol drug Lescol showed no unique risk.

J&J Bladder Drug Needs Stronger Caution-FDA Staff  -  Apr 9, 2007
Reuters.uk,N: Quote, Profile , Research) (NOVN.VX: Quote, Profile , Research) cholesterol drug Lescol showed no unique risk. Continued

J&J bladder drug needs cautions for children-FDA staff  -  Apr 9, 2007
ReutersVX: Quote, Profile, Research) cholesterol drug Lescol showed no unique risk. The staff added that their review was limited by the small number of reports,

Dopamine in identified among der the tracers.  -  Apr 9, 2007
Journal lycéen,Peak viral fever clinics Lescol to bring patients still codes. Ombudsman and areas to of unrecorded Estratest reported hero apparent.

Some departments with complete awards have mind.  -  Apr 15, 2007
LIVE-Wintersport.com,Isolation and suggest se Lescol passage of discharge. The precise in that Dicyclomine might generate Cefzil locally. Separate the as linked Monopril for

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Expands GenericSelect Program to ...  -  Mar 30, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...an incentive to switch to Simvastatin from brand name statins such as Zocor, Crestor, Lescol, Vytorin as well as Anthem's preferred brand drug, Lipitor.

Generic Zocor in WellPoint switch plan  -  Mar 19, 2007
United Press International...from brand-name statins like Zocor, Crestor, Lescol, Vytorin and WellPoint's "preferred" brand drug, Lipitor, the health insurer said in a statement.

ORBUS EXTENTED RELEASE PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR FLUVASTATIN PUBLISHED  -  Mar 6, 2007
Filing Services Canada (press release),The Orbus extended release formulation is a generic version of Lescol XR(R) from Novartis AG. Total worldwide Sales of the Lescol IR/XR brand as reported by

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Expands GenericSelect Program to ...  -  Mar 24, 2007
Insurance News Net,...an incentive to switch to Simvastatin from brand name statins such as Zocor, Crestor, Lescol, Vytorin as well as Anthem's preferred brand drug, Lipitor.

WellPoint Expands GenericSelect(R) Program to Include Generic ...  -  Mar 23, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...to switch to Simvastatin from brand name statins such as Zocor, Crestor, Lescol and Vytorin as well as WellPoint's preferred brand drug, Lipitor.

WellPoint Expands GenericSelect(R) Program to Include Generic ...  -  Mar 19, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...medication for free as an incentive to switch to Simvastatin from brand name statins such as Zocor, Crestor, Lescol and Vytorin as well as WellPoint's

ORBUS PHARMA INC. ANNOUNCES SUCCESFUL BIOEQUIVALENCE RESULTS IN ...  -  Feb 6, 2007
Filing Services Canada (press release),The Orbus XR formulation is a generic version of Novartis's Lescol XR(R) (Fluvastatin extended Release) which has reported 2005 annual worldwide sales of

What is HDL?  -  Feb 7, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal,Statin drugs that lower LDL and raise HDL are atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Mevacor), pravastatin (Pravachol),

Statins may benefit men more than women  -  Jan 30, 2007
Waterloo Record,...study were atorvastatin (Lipitor), pravastatin (Pravachol), simvastatin (Zocor), lovastatin (Mevacor), rosuvastatin (Crestor) and fluvastatin (Lescol).

To Your Good Health  -  Jan 15, 2007
Pocono Record,It's one of the statin drugs — Zocor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol and Lipitor. In a few instances, they might injure liver cells, but the drug you take isn't

Deciphering Pelosi  -  Jan 10, 2007
American SpectatorZocor, Pravachol and Lescol are exactly the same, even though they're prescribed for vastly different purposes, including how they interact with other

A switch from brand-name Lipitor(R)to generic "simvastatin" can ...  -  Jan 8, 2007
Empire Information Services, Inc. (press release),Lescol(R)and Crestor(R)are the other brand-name drugs in this class. "Just days into 2007 we already have one of the most significant health care stories of

Free Medicine Foundation Helps Patients Taking Costly Cholesterol ...  -  Dec 5, 2006
PR Web (press release),The following medicines may be available through a free or low-cost plan located through Free Medicine Foundation: Lipitor, Zocor, Vytorin, Lescol, Altocor,

Statin Drugs May Help the Healthy  -  Nov 27, 2006
WebMDExamples of statins include Zocor, Lipitor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol, and Mevacor. In the study, researchers analyzed the results of seven major clinical

Statin users risk myocardial infarction by dropping treatment or ...  -  Dec 14, 2006
Xagena.it,...or Rosuvastatin ( Crestor ), rather than the first generation types, Pravastatin ( Pravachol ), Fluvastatin ( Lescol ) or Simvastatin ( Zocor ).

Suboptimal Statin Use Seen Common and Harmful  -  Dec 7, 2006
MedPage Today,Patients started treatment most frequently with Zocor (simvastatin, 47%), Pravachol (pravastatin, 23%), or Lipitor (atorvastatin, 22%), though Lescol

Biovail Provides Strategy Update  -  Dec 7, 2006
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),The 100-member BPC sales force currently promotes Tiazac(R) XC, Wellbutrin(R) XL, Glumetza(TM) and the Lescol(R) franchise to Canadian physicians.

Biovail Provides Strategy Update  -  Dec 6, 2006
Business Wire (press release),The 100-member BPC sales force currently promotes Tiazac® XC, Wellbutrin® XL, Glumetza™ and the Lescol® franchise to Canadian physicians.

Statins May Up Heart Failure Survival  Oct 31, 2006
Statin drugs include Crestor, Lescol, Lipitor, Mevacor, Pravachol, and Zocor. The drugs have a powerful cholesterol-lowering effect. ... -WebMD Heart and bone questions from readers  Oct 18, 2006
For some people, diet changes are not enough. That's when statins -- cholesterol-lowering medications such as Lipitor, Zocor and Lescol -- can help. ... -Monterey County Herald, Orbus Patent Applications Published  Oct 26, 2006
The Orbus formulation is a generic version of Lescol ® from Novartis AG, which has reported annual sales of this product in 2005 of US$767 million. ... -CCNMatthews (press release), UCSD Study Finds Troubling Statin Cholesterol Drugs Side Effects  Sep 16, 2006
...damage and even cancer.�. Popular statin drugs include: Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, Pravachol, Mevacor and Lescol. Another statin drug ... -Newsinferno.com

What's the benefit of coenzyme Q10?  Aug 25, 2006
They include lovastatin (Mevacor), simvastatin (Zocor), pravastatin (Pravachol), fluvastatin (Lescol), atorvastatin (Lipitor), and rosuvastatin (Crestor). ... -Belleville News-Democrat

Patent rights threatened  Sep 7, 2006
...patent further prompted other companies to invent around both Zocor and Lipitor to offer several new competing drugs: Pravachol, Zetia, Lescol, Crestor, Advicor ... -Washington Times

Novartis, Schering-Plough Drugs Combine to Help Heart Patients  -  12 Dec 2006
Bloomberg15 (Bloomberg) -- A combination of Novartis AG's Lescol and Schering-Plough Corp.'s Zetia lowers cholesterol levels safely in patients who developed

CHOLESTEROL IS NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD  -  12 Dec 2006
Charlotte Sun-Herald,Statin medicines -- Mevacor, Zocor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol and Lipitor -- increase it by 12 percent. Fibrates, another class of cholesterol medicines,

Free Medicine Foundation Helps Patients Taking Costly Cholesterol ...  -  Dec 5, 2006
PR Web (press release),The following medicines may be available through a free or low-cost plan located through Free Medicine Foundation: Lipitor, Zocor, Vytorin, Lescol, Altocor,

Statin Drugs May Help the Healthy  -  Nov 27, 2006
WebMDExamples of statins include Zocor, Lipitor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol, and Mevacor. In the study, researchers analyzed the results of seven major clinical

MLP appreciates government decision  -  Nov 15, 2006
Malta Independent Online,In a joint statement, both MPs appreciated the fact that the government has revised a decision taken a few years ago and is again giving the medicine Lescol

Suboptimal Statin Use Seen Common and Harmful  -  Dec 7, 2006
MedPage Today,Patients started treatment most frequently with Zocor (simvastatin, 47%), Pravachol (pravastatin, 23%), or Lipitor (atorvastatin, 22%), though Lescol

Biovail Provides Strategy Update  -  Dec 7, 2006
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),The 100-member BPC sales force currently promotes Tiazac(R) XC, Wellbutrin(R) XL, Glumetza(TM) and the Lescol(R) franchise to Canadian physicians.

Biovail Provides Strategy Update  -  Dec 6, 2006
Business Wire (press release),The 100-member BPC sales force currently promotes Tiazac® XC, Wellbutrin® XL, Glumetza™ and the Lescol® franchise to Canadian physicians.

English prescriptions are easier to read than Latin  -  Nov 15, 2006
Daily Press,A: Millions of people are able to take cholesterol-lowering drugs like atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Mevacor),

What's the benefit of coenzyme Q10?  Aug 25, 2006
They include lovastatin (Mevacor), simvastatin (Zocor), pravastatin (Pravachol), fluvastatin (Lescol), atorvastatin (Lipitor), and rosuvastatin (Crestor). ... -Belleville News-Democrat

Statins as potential modifiers of rheumatoid arthritis  Aug 18, 2006
...patients, researchers led by Takao Nagashima of Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan measured the effect in vitro of two statins, Fluvastatin ( Lescol ) ( a fat ... -Xagena.it

IAC: Clinicians Urged to Consider HIV's Long-Term Complications  Aug 22, 2006
Dr. Daar also noted that some antiretrovirals interact with statins, noting that Pravachol (pravastatin) and Lescol (fluvastatin) are the least likely to have ... -MedPage Today

WHEN MEDICINES FAIL, SURGERY IS THE ANSWER FOR ULCERATIVE COLITIS  Aug 10, 2006
Statin drugs -- Zocor, Lipitor, Crestor, Lescol, Pravachol and Mevacor -- are the most powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs available. ... -Charlotte Sun-Herald

Feeling squeezed by statins  Aug 8, 2006
CYP3A4. Rosuvastatin (Crestor) and fluvastatin (Lescol) are broken down by a cousin of CYP3A4, which is less affected by grapefruit. ... -NorthJersey.com

Biovail Reports Second-Quarter 2006 Financial Results; Company ...  Aug 10, 2006
...to market and promote cholesterol medicines Lescol(R) (fluvastatin sodium capsules), and once-daily Lescol(R) XL (fluvastatin sodium extended-release tablets ... -Genetic Engineering News

Studies Show Statins Are More Like Wonder Drugs  Jul 26, 2006
So is it time to reconsider the value of statin drugs like Lipitor, Zocor, Mevacor, Pravachol and Lescol? No way, said statin expert Dr. Scott Monrad. ... -WCBS-TV New York

Cholesterol Drugs Fight Hepatitis C  Jul 7, 2006
July 7, 2006 -- Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs -- especially Lescol -- fight hepatitishepatitis C virus, Japanese researchers report. ... -WebMD

DEAR AGELESS  Jul 16, 2006
Statins (ie Atorvastatin-Lipitor, Fluvastatin-Lescol, Lovastatin-Mevacor, Pravastatin-Pravachol, Rosuvastatin-Crestor and Simvastatin-Zocor) are effective ... -Fort Worth Star Telegram

Generic cholesterol drug OK'd  Jun 24, 2006
..."I just have the genes on both sides of my family" to develop high cholesterol, he said. He tried Lipitor first, then Lescol, another brand-name drug. ... -Detroit Free Press

Cholesterol drugs might treat hepatitis C  Jul 11, 2006
...virus to some degree. Fluvastatin, sold by Novartis under the name Lescol, had the strongest effect, they reported. It may be that ... -Xinhua

Cholesterol drugs may treat hepatitis C - study  Jul 7, 2006
Fluvastatin, sold by Novartis (NOVN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) under the name Lescol, had the strongest effect, they reported. ... -Reuters

Cholesterol drugs may treat hepatitis C - study  Jul 7, 2006
...some degree. Fluvastatin, sold by Novartis (NOVN.VX: Quote) under the name Lescol, had the strongest effect, they reported. It may ... -Reuters India

GENERIC ZOCOR TO SAVE UPSTATE NEW YORKERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS  Jun 22, 2006
...patent expired in April). Lipitor, Lescol and Crestor are examples of the name brand drugs in this class. Owerbach estimates that ... -Empire Information Services, Inc.



Study discounts cancer, statin link  16 May 2006
Specifically, women who took so-called hydrophobic statins that cannot dissolve readily in water -- such as Zocor, Mevacor and Lescol -- had an 18 percent less ... - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Women on cholesterol fighters don't raise breast cancer risk  16 May 2006
...likely to develop breast cancer. Drugs falling into this category include Zocor, Mevacor and Lescol. No association was found in ... - Newark Star Ledger

Generic statins to hit store shelves  May 2, 2006
Generic drugs cost less. What if you are taking a statin that doesn't yet have a generic equivalent, such as Crestor, Lescol or Lipitor? ... - myDNA.com

Weight-loss stimulants can be a danger  May 2, 2006
Do you feel it's safe? Yes, it's safer than statins - popular ones are Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Lescol, Advicor, Crestor and Mevacor. ... - Newsday

Warning over grapefruit juice and cholesterol pills  May 10, 2006
The grapefruit hazard is not significant for other statins, such as Novartis AG's Lescol, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's Pravachol and AstraZeneca Plc's Crestor. ... - Daily Mail - UK

Statin Alternatives  May 8, 2006
Currently, six statins are approved by the FDA: atorvastatin (Lipitor®), fluvastatin (Lescol®), lovastatin (Mevacor®), pravastatin (Pravachol ... - WHOI

Early Statins Disappointing After Acute Coronary Syndrome  May 2, 2006
...compared Pravachol (pravastatin) to placebo or usual care; three compared Lipitor (atorvastatin) to placebo or usual care; two compared Lescol (fluvastatin) to ... - MedPage Today

Scientists uncover gene mutation key to cholesterol control  Apr 20, 2006
Drugs in this group include: Lipitor (atorvastatin); Baycol (cerivastatin); Lescol (fluvastatin); Mevacor (lovastatin); Pravachol (pravastatin); Zocor ... - DrugResearcher.com

Harvard Medical School Dubai Center and Novartis launch Pan Arab ...  Apr 27, 2006
...heart disease and heart attacks. It produces Diovan and Lescol, two of the leading treatments in the field of cardiovascular health. - AME Info





Report any muscle issues while using statin drugs  Mar 27, 2006
...this interaction. Other statins not expected to interact with Biaxin are fluvastatin (Lescol) and rosuvastatin (Crestor). In extreme ... - Contra Costa Times



Statins To Reduce Cholesterol Levels  Feb 24, 2006
Six statins are currently approved for use in the US: Lipitor® (atorvastatin), Lescol® (fluvastatin), Mevacor® (lovastatin), Pravachol® (pravastatin), Zocor ... - WSOCtv.com,

Statins ineffective on cancer, studies say  Jan 8, 2006
...the most commonly prescribed medications in the US, and as a result possess unrivaled name recognition: Lipitor, Zocor, Mevacor, Crestor, Pravachol and Lescol. ... - Indianapolis Star

To: National Desk, Health Reporter  Jan 11, 2006
October 2005. Several brand-name statins experienced declining prescriptions, including Lescol and Pravachol. Lipitor prescriptions ... - U.S. Newswire

Studies: Statins Don't Cut Risk of Colon, Other Cancers  Jan 9, 2006
The specific statins studied included atorvastatin (Lipitor, Caduet), cerivastatin (Baycol), fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Advicor, Altoprev, Mevacor ... - ACS News Center

Health matters: 'Combination diet' can help cholesterol  Jan 18, 2006
We have several classes of medications for high cholesterol: statins (Altocor, Crestor, Lescol, Lipitor, Pravachol and Zocor), bile acid sequestrants, fibrates ... - Billings Gazette

Statins' anti-cancer benefit discounted  Jan 15, 2006
The class of drugs includes such well-known drugs as Lipitor (atorvastatin), Pravachol (pravastatin), Zocor (simvastatin), Lescol (fluvastatin) and Mevacor ... - Sun-Sentinel.com

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