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Two widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, Vytorin and Zetia, may not work and should be used only as a last resort, The New England Journal of Medicine said in an editorial published on Sunday.

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BronxBomber
March 31, 2008, 1:47 a.m.
I was using Tricor because my doctor had told me that my triglycerides were running a little high, but recently he had me switch my medication to Actos. Reasons are that he said that he had heard "bad reports" about it. He wouldn't expand on it, but time, and again I becomes alarmed that some medications are always being pulled off the shelves.
Now I know my doctor doesn't have all the answers, but at times I wish that the FDA would strive for more thorough and more definitive testing before making just hastened, cursory decisions about releasing it to the public mainstream.
I mean, we are talking about people's lives here.
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ThaFuture
March 31, 2008, 1:01 p.m.
The supposed theory of "Cholesterol" is the main enemy is an outdated concept that really needs to be put in the trash bin. High cholesterol is only a symptom of the problem, not the inherent problem itself. In fact, their is good research out their to show that excessively low levels of cholesterol is actually worse than exceedingly high levels. Unbeknownst to many who only pander to the pharmaceutical line, cholesterol is vital to your body's biology and is needed by many crucial systems (such as the brain,etc..) for vital life function.