Who Should Take Vytorin? What About Zetia?


	Who Should Take Vytorin? What About Zetia?

Matthew Herper

4-5-2008 7:56 AM

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Matthew Herper says:

This Q&A from the LA Times does the best job I've seen of summarizing the recommendations as to which patients should -- and should not -- continue taking Vytorin and Zetia.

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<B>Are there any general rules of thumb for patients to know until they can see their doctors?</B></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-closer7apr07,1,4999339.story?page=2"><DIV>
Here are a couple from Dr. Ravi Dave, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at UCLA:</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-closer7apr07,1,4999339.story?page=2"><DIV>
1. If you've already tried taking statins, without success, "Don't panic. There's a reason why you're taking Vytorin."</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-closer7apr07,1,4999339.story?page=2"><DIV>
2. "If you took Vytorin from Day 1" -- i.e., if you have never tried any other cholesterol drug -- maybe you should be taking a plain statin instead.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-closer7apr07,1,4999339.story?page=2"><B>What about patients who take Zetia?</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-closer7apr07,1,4999339.story?page=2"><DIV>
If you've never taken anything else, Dave says, it's possible you should be taking a statin. If you're taking Zetia because you couldn't tolerate statins, it's possible you should be taking a different alternative.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8741CBD2-EC3B-4531-A066-6C7EE4F39A53/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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