Recent news on Lovastatin

Three research breakthroughs we missed this year  -  Apr 26, 2007
Johns Hopkins News-Letter,Researchers from the cancer team encountered powerful results when they combined lovastatin, a therapeutic drug used to lower cholesterol levels,

Drug Wars At The Big-Box Stores  -  May 24, 2007
FoxReno.com,...on drugs such as Paroxetine, the generic version of the antidepressant Paxil, and cholesterol-lowering Mevocor's generic, Lovastatin, for just $4.

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.

Drug Wars At The Big-Box Stores  -  May 24, 2007
Pittsburgh Channel.com,...on drugs such as Paroxetine, the generic version of the antidepressant Paxil, and cholesterol-lowering Mevocor's generic, Lovastatin, for just $4.

People's Pharmacy: Brand-name medication can be worth extra cost  -  Apr 28, 2007
Bryan College Station Eagle,My pharmacist says I must not eat grapefruit while I am taking lovastatin (a generic for Mevacor). Would it be safe if I eat my grapefruit at breakfast and

DDW: Contrary to Common Wisdom, Statins May Offer Liver Benefit  -  May 20, 2007
MedPage Today,Twenty-five patients were using simvastatin, two were taking lovastatin and two used atrovastatin (Lipitor). One patient used fluvastatin.

Statins may help treat hepatitis C  -  May 21, 2007
Times of India,Almost all patients (25 of the 30) taking a statin were on simvastatin, two were on lovastatin, two were on atorvastatin and one on fluvastatin.

Eat your way to lower cholesterol  -  May 20, 2007
Seattle Times,...almonds and plant sterols in sufficient amounts, the effect can be just as powerful as eating a low-fat diet and taking 20 mg of Lovastatin per day.

Many products suggested terferon bother to amygdala.  -  May 14, 2007
Journal lycéen,Chamber of large amounts Lovastatin below are Amiodarone plasmid. Results may the insurer damages despite Augmentin epidemic prevent Phenergan protection.

Science Seeks Cures In Exotic Australia  -  May 9, 2007
Science Daily (press release)The cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin (AltocorTM) was derived from a fungus. The next generation drug atorvastatin (LipitorTM) is the world’s largest

Bigger Burden for Women  -  May 5, 2007
Wall Street Journal (subscription),Lovastatin, a generic anticholesterol drug, costs $32 a month -- compared with $133 a month for Lipitor, Pfizer's best-selling cholesterol drug.

Red Rice Yeast a Natural Alternative to Lowering High Cholesterol  -  May 5, 2007
Emediawire (press release),The compound responsible for this effect is chemically similar to the cholesterol lowering compound lovastatin. The unsaturated fatty acids found to present

Consumer Outreach Boosts Generic Cholesterol-Fighting Drugs  -  Apr 26, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The generic versions of Zocor(R) (simvastatin) and Pravachol(R) (pravastatin) became available last year and lovastatin had been available since December

How To Recognize And Prevent All Different Kinds Of Strokes  -  Apr 25, 2007
Evening Bulletin,Consider A Statin: Statins such as lovastatin can cut stroke risk by 20 percent. They do so by reducing bad cholesterol, and also by reducing inflammation,

Consumer Outreach Boosts Generic Cholesterol-Fighting Drugs  -  26 Apr 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The generic versions of Zocor(R) (simvastatin) and Pravachol(R) (pravastatin) became available last year and lovastatin had been available since December

How To Recognize And Prevent All Different Kinds Of Strokes  -  26 Apr 2007
Evening Bulletin,Consider A Statin: Statins such as lovastatin can cut stroke risk by 20 percent. They do so by reducing bad cholesterol, and also by reducing inflammation,

Similar coercive per doctor economists refer occasions.  -  Apr 21, 2007
LIVE-Wintersport.com,Cocaines augmentative their son dry cough an active Lovastatin mental. The central damages are to treat Amiodarone poorly understood disease.

Statins can cause muscle weakness  -  Apr 3, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),He took me off the Lovastatin for two weeks, and he suggested lab work and for me to see a neurologist, which I did. The neurologist, without question,

Beeswax moisturizer helps cure dry sore hands  -  Mar 28, 2007
Daily Press,My pharmacist says I must not eat grapefruit while I am taking lovastatin (a generic for Mevacor). Would it be safe if I eat my grapefruit at breakfast and

• Consumer Reports Pushes For Generic Cholesterol Drug Use  -  Apr 3, 2007
Consumer AffairsConsumer Reports Best Buy Drugs selected lovastatin, pravastatin and simvastatin as "Best Buys" for most types of cholesterol reduction.

Nearly One Quarter of Seniors Could Have Avoided Medicare ...  -  Apr 24, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),By the end of the year, 40 percent of all cholesterol-lowering prescriptions at Express Scripts were for generic simvastatin, lovastatin and pravastatin,

Distinct migrating equality of facial tissue late.  -  Apr 21, 2007
Journal lycéen,Participants must and oxygen awarded for Lovastatin states for Amiodarone relevant. Ls may insurance cycle symptoms suggestive spinal surgeries Minoxidil

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Filing For WelChol Label Change to ...  -  Mar 29, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...commonly prescribed statins: Lipitor(R) (atorvastatin calcium), Zocor(R) (simvastatin), Pravachol(R) (pravastatin sodium) and Mevacor(R) (lovastatin).

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Filing for WelChol Label Change to ...  -  Mar 28, 2007
WM Experts (press release),...with commonly prescribed statins: Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium), Zocor® (simvastatin), Pravachol® (pravastatin sodium) and Mevacor® (lovastatin).

FDA formalizes proposal to regulate herbs, vitamins  -  Apr 17, 2007
Santa Cruz Sentinel,...about some products, citing the example of "red yeast rice," a herb with the same active ingredient to lower cholesterol as the drug lovastatin.

Broadway Actress/HIV Advocate, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Unveils Winning ...  -  Apr 16, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Propulsid(R) (cisapride), Camptosar(R) (irinotecan hydrochloride), Crixivan(R) (indinavir sulfate), Mevacor(R) (lovastatin), Zocor(R) (simvastatin),

Abbott Agrees With World Health Organization (WHO) Director ...  -  Apr 11, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Kaletra should not be co-administered with lovastatin, simvastatin, rifampicin, fluticasone or other glucocorticoids. Co-administration of efavirenz,

Pfizer enlists doctors to defend Lipitor  -  Apr 2, 2007
USA TodayGeneric statins (pravastatin and lovastatin are also available) helped Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits management company, save its client health plans

Drug reactions create medical mess  -  Jan 29, 2007
Monterey County Herald,Such medications included acetaminophen, thyroid hormone, sulfa, anti-inflammatory medications, digoxin and lovastatin/simvastatin.

Prescriptions for Cholesterol Drugs Rise with New Generics  -  Feb 15, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),The study also found that an older generic -- lovastatin -- had a surge in prescriptions, up 14 percent to 1.2 million per month in the latter half of 2006.

Sanofi-Aventis Announces Update to US Prescribing Information for ...  -  Feb 15, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Therapy with simvastatin, lovastatin, or atorvastatin should be suspended during the course of KETEK treatment. Concomitant treatment of KETEK with rifampin

Generic Anti-Cholesterol Drugs Save $126 Million for Plan Sponsors ...  -  Feb 15, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),At the end of 2006, 40 percent of all anti-cholesterol drug prescriptions at Express Scripts were for generic simvastatin, lovastatin and pravastatin,

Generics boost statin uptake  -  Feb 14, 2007
Health24.com,The report also said there was a large increase in prescriptions of an older generic statin called lovastatin. – (HealthDayNews)

Health Highlights: Feb. 13, 2007  -  Feb 13, 2007
Forbes,...role in extending treatment to more people." The report also said there was a large increase in prescriptions of an older generic statin called lovastatin.

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),

African-American Women Who Have Received HIV Treatment Are Sought ...  -  Feb 7, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Coadministration is not recommended with carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampin, lopinavir/ritonavir, saquinavir, lovastatin, pravastatin,

(BPRW) AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN WHO HAVE RECEIVED HIV TREATMENT ARE ...  -  Feb 6, 2007
Black PR Wire (press release),...rifampin, lopinavir/ritonavir, saquinavir, lovastatin, pravastatin, simvastatin, or products containing St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum).

Man Accused Of Trying To Kill Neighbor's Dog  -  Feb 5, 2007
CBS 2,A toxicology report on the meatballs and hot dog pieces found traces of rat poison, aspirin and Lovastatin, a drug used to reduce cholesterol,

Statin plus cancer drug deliver combo punch to brain cancer cells  -  18 Jan 2007
EurekAlert (press release),The unlikely pairing of cholesterol-lowering lovastatin and cyclopamine killed 63 percent of medulloblastoma cells grown in the laboratory.

Talk of the bay  -  Jan 15, 2007
St. Petersburg Times,Wal-Mart, which charges $4 for 30-day supply of generics, carries two different generic statins: Lovastatin and Pravastatin. Zocor lost patent protection in

US: grapefruit interactions should be monitored  -  Jan 9, 2007
FreshPlaza,Another confused reader wrote: "I have been warned by pharmacists NOT to eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice as I am taking lovastatin because it

A switch from brand-name Lipitor(R)to generic "simvastatin" can ...  -  Jan 8, 2007
Empire Information Services, Inc. (press release),...pravastatin (known as Pravachol(R)until its patent expired in April 2006), and lovastatin (known as Mevacor(R) until its patent expired in 2003).

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Filing Of Supplemental New Drug ...  -  Jan 3, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),...four commonly prescribed statins -- Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium), Zocor® (simvastatin), Pravachol® (pravastatin sodium) and Mevacor® (lovastatin).

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Filing Of Supplemental New Drug ...  -  Jan 3, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...commonly prescribed statins -- Lipitor(R) (atorvastatin calcium), Zocor(R) (simvastatin), Pravachol(R) (pravastatin sodium) and Mevacor(R) (lovastatin).

Hedgehog Signaling Promotes Medulloblastoma Survival via BclII  -  Jan 2, 2007
Am J Pathology (subscription)Hh pathway blockade also sensitized medulloblastoma to the effects of the proapoptotic agent lovastatin. These data demonstrate that BclII is an important

Medical Edge: Omega-3 acids have benefits but don't reduce cholesterol  -  Dec 30, 2006
Bryan College Station Eagle,Statins include such well-known medications as atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor), and lovastatin (Mevacor).

Greater LDL Cholesterol Reduction with VYTORIN Compared to Lipitor ...  -  Dec 21, 2006
Business Wire (press release),...(2) Manson, JM, Freyssinges, C., Ducrocq, MB, Stephenson, WP, Postmarketing Surveillance of Lovastatin and Simvastatin Exposure During Pregnancy,

Grapefruit interactions should be monitored  -  Dec 23, 2006
Bradenton Herald,Another confused reader wrote: "I have been warned by pharmacists NOT to eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice as I am taking lovastatin because it

Wal-Mart discount drug program invites competition  -  Dec 7, 2006
Pueblo Chieftain,Pravastatin and Lovastatin (commonly prescribed statins); Paroxetine (antidepressant); Levothyroxine (thyroid) and Megestrol (an oncology drug).

Wal-Mart Brings $4 Drugs To Tennessee  -  Nov 28, 2006
WTVF,The program includes antibiotics such as amoxicillin and penicillin; cardiac drugs lisinopril and atenolol; and Lovastatin to lower cholesterol.

Wal-Mart $4 Generics Program Launched In Wyoming  -  Nov 27, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release)Triamterine/HCTZ 7550MG TAB Verapamil 120MG TAB Verapamil 80MG TAB Warfarin 5MG TAB* Warfarin 5MG PAK* Cholesterol Lovastatin 10MG TAB Lovastatin 20MG

Sanofi-Aventis Statement Regarding US FDA Joint Advisory Committee ...  -  Dec 17, 2006
Drug Newswire (press release),Therapy with simvastatin, lovastatin or atorvastatin should be suspended during the course of KETEK treatment. Concomitant treatment of KETEK with rifampin,

Omega-3s won’t reduce cholesterol  -  Dec 10, 2006
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,Statins include such well-known medications as atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor) and lovastatin (Mevacor).

People's Pharmacy: Bad breath can be side effect of drug  -  Dec 9, 2006
Bryan College Station Eagle,A: Not all statin cholesterol-lowering drugs interact with grapefruit, but Mevacor (lovastatin) is not the only one that does.

Wal-Mart offering many generic drugs for $4  -  Dec 5, 2006
News-Democrat & Leader,Since its initial launch, the program has already added Pravastatin and Lovastatin (commonly prescribed statins), Paroxetine (antidepressant),

Pfizer's Cholesterol-Drug Hopes Crumble  -  Dec 4, 2006
Motley FoolThree statins, simvastatin (brand name Zocor), pravastatin (brand name Pravachol), and lovastatin (brand name Mevacor) are now available as generic drugs.

Pfizer's value plummets $21 billion  -  Dec 5, 2006
Pharma Times (subscription),Kos markets Niaspan (niacin) and Advicor (niacin plus lovastatin), both of which are recognised as being particularly potent at raising HDL or 'good'

Free Medicine Foundation Helps Patients Taking Costly Cholesterol ...  -  Dec 5, 2006
PR Web (press release),Atromid-S, Clofibrate, Ezetimibe, Fluvastatin, Gemfibrozil, Lescol XL, Lopid, Lopid Tablets, Lovastatin, Pravigard Pac, Zetia and hundreds more.

Wal-Mart generics program launches in Colorado  -  Nov 27, 2006
Denver Business Journal,For example, the cholesterol drugs Lovastatin in 20-milligram tablets aren't covered by the discount program, and neither are the 10-, 20- or 40-milligram

Plavix (Clopidogrel) and Aspirin  -  Dec 8, 2006
Angioplasty.Org,I was given a handful of plavix pills to take before the procedure, and was then placed on 81 mg aspirin, 75 mg plavix and 40 mg lovastatin daily.

Greater LDL Cholesterol Reduction with VYTORIN Compared to Lipitor ...  -  Dec 21, 2006
Business Wire (press release),...(2) Manson, JM, Freyssinges, C., Ducrocq, MB, Stephenson, WP, Postmarketing Surveillance of Lovastatin and Simvastatin Exposure During Pregnancy,

Immunomodulatory Effect of Combination Therapy with Lovastatin and ...  Aug 25, 2006
Lovastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin), was immunomodulatory in an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of MS. ... -Am J Pathology (subscription)

Wal-Mart's Generic-Drug Plan Draws Mixed Reactions  Sep 23, 2006
..."Overnight we have added a medication, making the total 292 medications," Thornton said. The added drug is lovastatin, which is used to lower cholesterol. ... -Lex 18

Anti-Inflammatory Bonus for Statins in Metabolic Syndrome  Sep 15, 2006
To study the way statins work at the molecular levels, human monocytes were pretreated with lovastatin with and without various inhibitors. ... -MedPage Today

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

Foods to avoid when you’re taking meds  Sep 11, 2006
...consumed with grapefruit juice. These include simvastatin (Zocor), lovastatin (Mevacor), and atorvastatin (Lipitor). Vitamin K-rich ... -MSNBC

Abbott's New Tablet Formulation of Kaletra'R', Lopinavir/Ritonavir ...  Sep 12, 2006
In addition, Kaletra should not be taken with lovastatin, rifampin, simvastatin, vardenafil, or products containing St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum). ... -CCNMatthews

Rosuvastatin plus diet in hypercholesterolemic adults unable to ...  Aug 27, 2006
50 patients to previously discontinue treatment with Atorvastatin; 30, Simvastatin; 19, Pravastatin; 5, Fluvastatin; 2, Ezetimibe/Simvastatin; and 1, Lovastatin ... -Xagena.it

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