FDA Limits Highest Dose of Cholesterol Drug Statin (Includes Zocor, Vytorin, Simcro)
Due to muscle injury risk, the FDA says no new patients should start taking the 80 mg dose of the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin (found in Zocor, Vytorin, and Simcor). (Source: WebMD Health)

FDA: Review Finds no Proof Vytorin Causes Cancer
From Associated Press (December 22, 2009) TRENTON, N.J._There's no evidence Merck Co.'s blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin causes cancer, federal regulators said Tuesday. They reviewed reams of data after a patient study last year raised... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)