The manufacturer was involved in a large-scale recall event earlier this year—now a new issue with a specific prescription ...

"It is also relevant to note that moderate-intensity statin in combination with ezetimibe is at least noninferior to high-intensity statin." Leosdottir's observational study used a target trial ...

Right after a heart attack, the risk of having another one is very high. This is the most dangerous time for your heart.

A strategy that combines high-intensity statin therapy with ezetimibe early after myocardial infarction results in a lower risk of recurrent events when contrasted with approaches that start ...

MI care pathways should adopt early combination therapy with statins and ezetimibe as standard practice. Delaying this ...

Statins are very cheap and highly effective cholesterol-lowering drugs -- but high-risk heart patients may have an even better option, a new evidence review says. Combining statins with another ...

Banach suggests that giving these patients a statin and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe — rather than statins alone — can reduce the risk of early death by 19%, a major cardiovascular ...

“Despite statin therapies and other non-statin medications ... They were randomized to receive daily oral doses of either 10 mg of ezetimibe (an existing drug, sold as Zetia) alone, 10 mg ...

Around 33% to 36% of adults in the U.S. have a lousy LDL cholesterol level of 130 mg/dL or higher, putting them at risk for a heart attack, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and dementia. Aiming for ...

A Swedish database of over 35,000 individuals found better cardiovascular outcomes when ezetimibe was added earlier to statin therapy for secondary prevention. Study authors deemed ezetimibe a ...