zetia

Statins

September 9th, 2010 · 7:18 AM

I, too, took several statins - and then rheumatism symptoms caused an internist and my regular doc to put their heads together and decide it might be the statins. It was; took quite a few months but slowly as the statins dissipated and left my body, the aches went away, the rheumatism factor went down, [...]

Lowering Cholesterol, More on Statins

July 23rd, 2010 · 5:43 AM

I do most everything possible to lower cholesterol - but cannot take statins. Am on Zetia but a new Dr* says I should try a statin again. Hesitant to do it -they got me to the point of looking at the clock to see when I could take the next handful of ibuprofin for muscle [...]

Niacin for Cholesterol: What We’ve Been Saying for Years

November 25th, 2009 · 7:51 AM

The Wall Street Journal reported a recent study, comparing the vitamin Niacin made into a drug, Niaspan, and Zetia, a cholesterol absorption blocking agent used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Although there were only 208 patients, the vitamin showed a

This Just In on Zetia (Part of the Vytorin Story Below)

September 5th, 2008 · 6:20 PM

When it rains it pours. Where will the madness end? I just read an interesting article on Natural News that verifies and amplifies the information I shared with you last night. Zetia has been shown to be damaging to liver, and the “testing” that supposedly proved it was safe was in actuality only done for [...]

Concerns About Vytorin

September 4th, 2008 · 8:01 PM

A recent study from the Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo, Norway, known as the SEAS study, showed an increased risk of cancer with the use of Vytorin (a combination drug with a statin, Zocor, and zetia, which blocks the absorption of cholesterol through the intestinal tract).

Since Zocor has not been associated with increased [...]