All Posts Tagged With: "simvastatin"

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Simcor, Vytorin and Zocor Associated with Muscle Injury

Our Simcor, Vytorin and Zocor injury lawyers are investigating claims of severe muscle injury with use of the cholesterol drugs. The injury is called rhabdomyolysis, which can lead to kidney failure or death, when simvastatin containing drugs like Simcor, Vytorin and Zocor are used with amiodarone, a medication used to treat irregular heart beat. 
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Rhabdomyolysis is [...]

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5Nov2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
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Profits Before People: Merck and Schering-Plough Caught Red handed

Emails between a Schering-Plough executive and the principle investigator of the ENHANCE trial were made public today by Sen. Chuck Grassley.  The emails reveal that the ENHANCE trial’s principal investigator perceived that the drugmakers were withholding unfavorable results about ezetimibe/simvastatin (Vytorin) for non-scientific reasons.  (Surprise Surprise).  Instead of releasing the bad data, Sen. Grassley noted, [...]

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1Apr2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
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