Chatham Journal Weekly ... five blockbuster drugs that have recently become available as generics: Actos (pioglitazone), for diabetes; Lexapro (escitalopram), an antidepressant; Lipitor ( atorvastatin ), for high cholesterol; Plavix (clopidogrel), a blood thinner; and ...
LawyersandSettlements.com (blog) Pfizer, the maker of Lipitor ( atorvastatin ) is facing a mounting number of these personal injury lawsuits, alleging the drug causes diabetes. In fact, several of the initial Lipitor diabetes lawsuits have just been green lit for a Multi-district ...
Diabetes In Control Carter and colleagues summarized their results by stating, "We found that patients treated with atorvastatin , rosuvastatin, or simvastatin were at increased risk of new onset diabetes compared with those treated with pravastatin. No such risk was ... and more »
Herald.ie The cholesterol-lowering drug Atorvastatin (Lipitor) will be the first one available under the scheme, by mid-August, with two to three following each month ...
ModernHealthcare.com You would think that after 81 deaths and nearly 800 serious injuries from poisonous Chinese ingredients in heparin, repeated efforts to peddle fake Avastin to oncology practices, and numerous instances where counterfeit or stolen versions of ...
The Biological SCENE Roth is best known for being the first to synthesize the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug, atorvastatin , which goes by the brand name Lipitor (C&EN, Oct. 31, 2011, page 36). The drug has become the world's fastest-growing and top-selling ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release) Plaintiffs across the country who have taken Lipitor are filing lawsuits, many of which are under consideration for consolidation into a federal multidistrict litigation for pretrial proceedings (In re Lipitor ( Atorvastatin ) Litigation, MDL No. 2459 ... and more »
Wall Street Journal In clinical studies of patients with elevated LDL-C, Welchol lowered LDL-C when used alone or when added to other cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins (lovastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin ). In these studies the most common adverse ...
Irish Examiner The cholesterol-lowering drug Atorvastatin (Lipitor) will be the first one available under the scheme, by mid August, with two to three following each month after. Pat O'Mahony, IMB chief executive, said specialist staff have been preparing for the ...
CBC.ca Statins such as atorvastatin (Lipitor), rosuvastatin (Crestor) and simvastatin (Zocor) are among the widely used prescription drugs. Since the drugs were first marketed 30 years ago in the U.S. for preventing a second heart attack or stroke in those ...
