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8 Medications you shouldn’t combine With vitamin D
13 Nov 2025 17:12 GMT
… as statins, are medications taken to lower cholesterol levels. Examples of statins include Lipitor … Thiazide diuretics, also called water pills, treat heart and blood vessel … hydrochlorothiazide and chlorothiazide.
The drug interaction between vitamin D and …
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New era in cholesterol treatment: Gene editing and RNA drugs show promise beyond statins
11 Nov 2025 17:24 GMT
… 11: For decades, statins like Lipitor and Zocor have been … statins in cutting harmful LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol.
Pharmaceutical … trials involving high-risk patients. Merck plans to seek FDA … doctors say the expanding range of treatments — from daily pills to …
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More drugs to fight high cholesterol are emerging
10 Nov 2025 10:33 GMT
… an easier-to-take pill version. Biotechs are working on … of heart disease. Statins, like Lipitor and Zocor, emerged … statin and another drug.
The adults in Conway’s trial also took statins … permanent and more targeted treatment to certain patients depending …
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Pfizer Acquires Metsera for $10 Billion, Enters Obesity Drug Market
10 Nov 2025 10:56 GMT
… pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has secured a $10 billion acquisition of obesity drug … it saw as the pharmaceutical firm’s full value, … in 2000 for control of Lipitor, noting that while this … Metsera’s leading experimental obesity treatments include MET-097i, a …
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FDA recall: Atorvastatin cholesterol drug from Ascend Laboratories
09 Nov 2025 17:27 GMT
… generic version of Lipitor.
Both generic atorvastatin … for another generic statin drug, such as rosuvastatin … many aspects of pharmaceutical drug manufacturing are now … medication was not manufactured properly. Alerting the FDA about sudden loss of drug …
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Pfizer wins $10 billion bidding war for obesity drug developer
09 Nov 2025 02:26 GMT
… lucrative obesity drug market, even if Metsera’s treatments remain …
The logo of Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is … amended Pfizer offer. The biotech company currently loses money … gain control of Lipitor, a cholesterol-lowering drug.
“While this …
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NJ-based pharmaceutical company recall issued for medication
09 Nov 2025 01:37 GMT
… based pharmaceutical company recalled over 100,000 bottles of statin due … U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Ascend Laboratories in … , a generic version of Lipitor, manufactured by Alkem Laboratories … for 141,984 bottles.
Statins treat high cholesterol and …
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New Cholesterol Therapies Are Transforming the Treatment of Heart Disease
09 Nov 2025 01:22 GMT
… harmful cholesterol.
Biotechnology company Amgen is conducting trials to expand … goal is for the treatment to become a one- … the American Heart Association. Doctors recommend that people at … statin and another medication.
Merck is now testing whether the drug …
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Top-selling drug in America has more than 140,000 bottles recalled
07 Nov 2025 22:29 GMT
… of Lipitor. It is reportedly the most-prescribed drug in … reported defect
The recalled pills failed to pass a … a problem, as medical professionals say the pill must dissolve properly … Drug Administration (FDA) does not want people to throw the medication …
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Most prescribed drug in America is recalled with 140,000 bottles affected as heart meds found to have ‘quality issue’
06 Nov 2025 20:21 GMT
… Laboratories, LLC, a pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey … Lipitor.
According to the distributor, a large batch of the drugs … be less effective.
Pills made between November 2024 … could cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health conditions. …