Internal Medicine News - FDA panel rejects OTC switch for lovastatin
January 15, 2008 -- SILVER SPRING, MD. -- For the third time since 2000, Merck & Co. failed to convince Food and Drug Administration advisory panelists that...
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology - Lovastatin in treating patients at high risk of recurrent melanoma
November 1, 2007 -- Sponsors and Collaborators: Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and National Cancer Institute (NCI). This randomized phase II trial is studying...
Alternative Medicine Review - Plasma clearance of lovastatin versus Chinese red yeast rice in healthy volunteers
March 1, 2006 -- Objectives: It is now accepted that inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis is effective in the primary and secondary prevention of heart disease....
Dynamic Chiropractic - Cholesterol-Lowering Diet Reduces Blood Cholesterol to Similar Degree as Prescription Statin Drug (Lovastatin) in Head-to-Head Clinical Trial
February 27, 2006 -- A recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that the cholesterol-lowering effect of newer dietary strategies...
Business Wire - Mylan Receives Approval on Lovastatin Tablets
December 17, 2001 -- Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2001 Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NYSE:MYL) announced today that the Food and Drug...
Market Wire - HMO Patients Successfully Converted From Zocor to Generic Lovastatin; Also, 30-Day Quantity Limit for Viagra Has Small Effect on Pharmacy Budget
September 28, 2005 -- The October 2005 issue of the "Journal ofManaged Care Pharmacy (JMCP)" is now available in print and online.Featured articles include:96% of HMO...
Business Wire - Teva Announces Approval of Lovastatin Tablets
June 17, 2001 -- Business Editors JERUSALEM, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2001 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq:TEVA) announced today that the...
Internal Medicine News - FDA panels vote against lovastatin going OTC: fears were expressed that the OTC version might be used by consumers with contraindicated conditions
February 15, 2005 -- BETHESDA, MD. -- Concerns about the ability of consumers to correctly select themselves for treatment without the advice of a health care...
HealthDay - Chinese Red Yeast Rice May Prevent Heart Attack
June 13, 2008 -- People who have had a heart attack may be able to reduce the risk of another attack by 45 percent by taking a purified extract of Chinese red yeast...
