News tagged with 'Lipitor'

Lawmakers are proposing legislation that would curb the reach of direct-to-consumer advertising. While reasons for the new legislation vary, it appears no stone will be left unturned during the ongoing debate over U.S. Health Care Reform.

Add pomegranate juice to the list of antioxidant filled juices that should not be consumed by those taking some statins to lower cholesterol, says ABC's medical correspondent.

Nature has its own way of fighting obesity - in the form of brown fat, which helps babies and small mammals stay warm.  A cold environment, just about shivering, will activate brown fat's calorie burning capability, but short of moving to Alaska, these three newly published studies shed light into a promising area of obesity research.  

The sale of prescription drugs appears to be on a decline, partially due to generics and also likely due to a downturn in the economy.  There are no forcasts anytime soon to seeing double-digit profits that the pharmaceutical industry once enjoyed. 

This second look at the data says that not as many children should be put on statins to lower cholesterol as the American Association of Pediatrics origionally recommended.  

Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash and stock deal of $68 billion that makes the world's largest drug company even larger.

Dieters are being told they must eat MORE! - of the right things that is.  The Mediterranean Diet plus a handful of nuts added to the health overall of those apple shaped people who have high cholesterol. Just make sure the nuts aren't in addition to snack foods, but replace them. 

Crestor's maker sees sales surge after a cardiac meeting releases findings of an inflammation study. A test for inflammation may be added to routine heart screenings. The Pauling Institute suggests a Mediterranean diet also reduces inflammation in the body.

A review of several studies found that commonly used statin cholesterol drugs do not increase the risk of Lou Gehrig’s disease, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Pfizer pulled ads featuring Robert Jarvik six months ago after a Congressional investigation began into false and misleading advertising by the drug industry. Now actual patients will be used and expect to see more direct-to-customer ads for symptoms that don't have to spend precious ad time on the side effects of specific drugs. 

Muscle pain affects roughly one out of every 1,000 people taking statins to lower cholesterol.Now British researchers believe they know why - a genetic variation seems to be the basis for muscle pain and myopathy. About two percent of the population carry the two variant genes, which cause roughly 60% of the muscle pain problem.

A Pfizer executive's helicopter rides to work from her Maryland home has the company rethinking whether executive benefits at a time of job cuts is a good idea.  The executive reportedly has received a bill for $300,000 to cover the cushy commute. 

The childhood obesity epidemic is bringing with it the huge problems of adult obesity, that is the early stages of artery disease which can lead to heart attack and stroke. The American Academy of Pediatrics is now recommending children as young as eight, be given cholesterol-lowering drugs.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that Albers Medical Distributors, Inc., has voluntarily recalled three lots of 90-count bottles of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor and is warning healthcare providers and others that these three lots of counterfeit Lipitor represent a potentially significant

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked Pfizer Inc. to immediately pull all magazine advertisements that suggest the company's cholesterol-lowering medication, Lipitor, causes fewer side effects than the drug's competitors. According to the FDA, recent advertisements appearing in magazines such as Reader