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To: metmom; Kaslin; El Gato; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; jb6; tiamat; ...
Isn’t this the statin that we discussed on another thread that had such bad side effects?

I don't recall. The devil is in the details. Most marketing is just hype, but the left thinks that it is their duty to protect us from ourselves or the drug companies.

The drug companies didn't help the situation when they analyzed the results of tests that they submitted to the FDA in the most favorable light, and hid the results that showed no benefit or worse.

They pushed the cholesterol hypothesis up the wazoo for everybody, stumbled across their anti-inflammatory effects and downplayed their side effects. Now as they go off patent, they want to make them over the counter drugs as well as combine them with a second drug to lower total cholesterol or raise HDL cholesterol, IIRC.

Great Drug, but Does It Prolong Life?

16 posted on 02/27/2008 9:42:18 AM PST by neverdem (I have to hope for a brokered GOP Convention. It can't get any worse.)
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To: neverdem

Maybe Amgen has something coming out? :’)


17 posted on 02/27/2008 10:29:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/___________________Profile updated Tuesday, February 19, 2008)
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