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• Zocor Rhabdomyolysis Muscle Injury Warning Issued by FDA

  March 22, 2010

  Staff Writers

  High doses of the cholesterol-fighting drug Zocor can increase the risk of rhabdomyolysis, a serious and potentially fatal muscle disease,...

• Lipitor, Zocor and Other Cholesterol Drugs May Raise Diabetes Risk: Study

  February 23, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Researchers analyzing recent data about cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor and Zocor, known as statins, believe they have discovered a link...

• Zyprexa Side Effects for Children Lead to Revised FDA Warnings

  February 2, 2010

  Staff Writers

  The FDA has required the drug maker Eli Lilly to update the warning label for their popular antipsychotic Zyprexa about...

• Vytorin Cancer Link Not Seen by FDA

  December 23, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  Federal regulators indicate that it is unlikely that the cholesterol drug Vytorin causes cancer, despite a clinical study in 2008...

• Statin Side Effects Linked to Muscle Damage: Study

  July 8, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  Data from a new study on cholesterol-fighting drugs suggest that side effects of statins, a class of medications that includes...

• Zetia and Vytorin Side Effects Not Linked to Cancer According to Study

  March 30, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  Despite reports that emerged last year linking side effects of Vytorin and Zetia to an increased incidence of cancer, a...

• Vytorin Problems Mount as Drug Found to Not Improve Outcomes in Heart Study

  July 22, 2008

  AboutLawsuits

  A new study has found that cholesterol drug Vytorin provides no benefit in reducing the risk of major heart-valve problems,...