HealthCanal.com By Leslie Shepherd - The largest study to date has confirmed that elderly patients who take certain high-potency cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have an increased risk of developing diabetes relative to a lower-potency statin, pravastatin .
PhysBizTech “No such risk was evident with fluvastatin or lovastatin . The risk associated with rosuvastatin could depend on dose and duration of treatment. The risk of incident diabetes was similar whether statins were being used for primary or secondary ...
Forbes The drugs with the strongest evidence of benefit are atorvastatin, lovastatin , pravastatin, simvastatin, and rosuvastatin. This benefit is important because not all drugs that lower cholesterol or improve risk factors actually reduce the risk of heart ... and more »
Sun-Sentinel Furanocoumarins block an enzyme called CYP3A4 in the intestine. This enzyme metabolizes many different drugs. Some drugs are broken down only a little by CYP3A4. For other drugs, including atorvastatin , CYP3A4 is the most important metabolic enzyme.
In-PharmaTechnologist.com And finally in this round-up, 'musty odours' have struck again but this time for Glenmark Generics who has initiated a recall of Gabapentin, Pravastatin Sodium and Topiramate Tablets from its Colvale, india facility after an “an off odor, described as ... and more »
HealthCanal.com By Leslie Shepherd - The largest study to date has confirmed that elderly patients who take certain high-potency cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have an increased risk of developing diabetes relative to a lower-potency statin, pravastatin .
Nursing Times There was no significantly increased risk among people who received fluvastatin or lovastatin . The absolute risk for incident diabetes was about 31 and 3...
OnMedica People who take high potency statins – especially atorvastatin and simvastatin – are more likely to develop diabetes, according to a study published online today in the BMJ. However, experts have said that the benefits of taking statins still outweigh ...
Pharmaceutical Business Review Glenmark Generics, a subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, is recalling several lots of Gabapentin, Pravastatin , and Topiramate drugs from across the US markets primarily due to “odd smell.” The US Food and Drug Administration was cited by the Press ...
HealthCanal.com By Leslie Shepherd - The largest study to date has confirmed that elderly patients who take certain high-potency cholesterol-lowering drugs known as stat...
