[NPInfo] Vytoria/Zetia

[Marilyn Dean]

Hey everyone, Have you looked at the study population and the purpose of the
study? The study was of 720 patients with Heterozygous Familial
Hypercholesterolemia. The end point was in changes of intima-media thickness
measured in three area of the carotid arteries. The American College of
Cardiology will be taking a further look at this study and I believe the
meeting is coming up in March. I have changed some meds if people have been
concerned, but really don't see much yet that scares me. This was a
relatively short study, over a two year period, in patients that had
extremely high LDL's related to their Heterozygous Familial
Hypercholesterolemia (LDL's baseline over 300). This is a high risk
population. I believe any news is news and we need to objectively look at
the study, pick it apart, and then watch for the experts opionions. I will
sit this one out for further information.
Marilyn Dean
PS Back from Seattle and things are stable with baby Andrew.

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Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [NPInfo] re: Question from Dave




stephanie2u at optonline.net wrote:    But why even bother to take a lipid
lowering drug when its main purpose is to reduce your risk of heart attack?

  but reducing your risk of heart attack..does indeed reduce mortality
doesn't it??
  rosemarie brown

They shouldn't have marketed it so aggressively if there was no proof it
could reduce morbidity or mortality.

Stephanie Walker, FNP

----- Original Message -----
From: GIN11153 at aol.com
Date: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:10 pm
Subject: [NPInfo] re: Question from Dave
To: NPInfo at nurse.net

>
> I asked my cardiologist a few weeks ago what he's doing, as he
> and I both
> take it. He said he has no plans to stop taking it or to stop
> prescribing it. He
> said that it lowers cholesterol and triglycerides as it's
> supposed to do and
> said the hoopla is ridiculous . It was never marketed as a drug
> to prevent
> heart attacks.
>
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