[NPInfo] Vytoria/Zetia

[Stephanie Walker]

Just the same, the media reports (and the NY Times is no tabloid/ 
gossip rag) and comments from experts should not be ignored:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/business/15drug.html? 
_r=1&scp=3&sq=zetia&st=nyt&oref=slogin

Stephanie


On Feb 12, 2008, at 8:52 PM, Marilyn Dean wrote:

> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net]On
> Behalf Of jbro
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:42 AM
> To: NP Info
> 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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