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Directory1.comNews Online looks at why the government has allowed the sale of cholesterol-lowering drugs in chemists.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/1/hi/health/3707573.stm
As I was watching the ol’ boob tube, that means television to any not familiar with American slang, and I saw a commercial for a new combination medicine. Caduet. It is a mix of Norvasc and Lipitor. So it lowers your blood pressure while lowering your cholesterol.
http://www.aheartylife.com/category/hearty-healthcare/heart-drugs/
THE WAY a vertebrate's nervous system regulates its heartbeat may have been misunderstood, according to scientists in Australia. Their work has great ...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12517083.100-science-heart-drugs-may-be-working-on-the-wrong-principle.html
Digoxin and digitoxin show early promise in rat studies.
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/06/20/hscout533352.html
UCSB announced last month that it has donated all rights to a patent that covers the novel use of an established class of cardiovascular medicines as a potential new drug against a global parasitic disease.
http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/93106/2004/March15/ucsb.html
Major pharmaceutical companies were stunned by the news that Thailand has licensed the production of three generic drugs for AIDS and anti-clotting heart medication, ignoring the holders of foreign patents. This is legal under WTO rules if a country declares a "national emergency". The health minister said the medicines could be produced at one tenth the cost, and accuses the patent holding manufacturers of excessive pricing.
http://technocrat.net/d/2007/1/28/13897
Thailand's health ministry has said it has approved the production of generic versions of the patented anti-AIDS drug Kaletra and the heart drug Plavix. The decision has drawn praise from AIDS campaigners, but pharmaceutical companies are outraged.
http://health.netscape.com/story/2007/01/29/thailand-approves-generic-production-of-patented-aids-heart-drugs/
AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L: Quote, Profile, Research) shares look set for a bumpy ride in the next fortnight, with positive news expected for cholesterol fighter Crestor but experimental heart drug AGI-1067 widely tipped to fail in a key study.
http://www.reuters.com/article/health-SP/idUSL0512747720070316
Only a tiny proportion of patients who need heart drugs actually get them, say researchers.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1037000/1037001.stm
Drugs commonly used to treat heart failure may be less effective on black patients than whites, and could explain why they are more likely to die.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_286000/286066.stm
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