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		<title>The end of cholesterol&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/08/15/the-end-of-cholesterol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s somewhat like observing the first signs of spring. Lipitor, the last of the block-buster cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, is about to go off patent, so you look around for signs that the affected drug companies have found a way to keep revenues up. Lovaza, a prescription-only capsule of omega-3 fatty acid may well fit the bill. It’s time to scare us about another blood lipid ---triglycerides. After all, the statin drugmakers have gone about as far as they can go with the dangers of high cholesterol.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=8533&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honesty in Drug Advertising: Some rare examples</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 21:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“In patients with multiple risk factors for heart disease, LIPITOR REDUCES RISK OF HEART ATTACK BY 36%* If you have risk factors such as family history, high blood pressure, age, low HDL (‘good’ cholesterol) or smoking.” The noteworthy part of this New York Times ad is the asterisk and this explanation of the 36% statistic: “That means in a large clinical study, 3% of patients taking a sugar pill or placebo had a heart attack compared to 2% of patients taking Lipitor.”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=1054&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report Side-Effects of Statin Drugs</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2006/11/01/report-side-effects-of-statin-drugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The very existence of this study is tacit acknowledgment of deficiencies both in the FDA drug approval process and in its post-market surveillance system. Drug trials are designed to prove a benefit and typically do not provide a full picture of harm. Add to the mix the fact that most statin drugs are taken by older people. Many report to Dr. Golomb that their doctors attribute such problems as joint pain and memory deficits to aging and do not consider the possibility of statin side effects.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=1004&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statins: Low chance of Benefit</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2006/07/01/statins-low-odds-of-benefit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you go on long-term statin drug therapy if you knew that the odds are one in 23,000 that the drug will save you from a cardiac death? How about one in 198? And are you prepared to stay on that drug for the rest of your life, though the full story on the drug’s harms is yet to be known?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=999&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Benefit Women?</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2004/06/01/do-cholesterol-lowering-drugs-benefit-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many doctors have come to believe that the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins (Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Mevacor, Crestor) are safer than low-dose daily aspirin. That becomes apparent whenever statins are featured in the media as a wonder drug for the prevention of heart disease. In fact, there's a growing consensus among cardiologists that all adults should take a statin whether or not they are at high risk.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=836&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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