Another reason to keep cholesterol in check naturally
Today there exists a plethora of drugs on the market aimed at lowering levels of cholesterol. An overwhleming majority of the US population is unable to keep cholesterol within a safe range, some due to genetics but most because of poor diet and nutrition habits. As if having high cholesterol wasn’t enough to kill you, now studies suggest there could be possible cancer causing side effect associated with the drug Vytorin.
Vytorin is a combination drug of Merck’s Zocor and Schering-Plough’s Zetia, both of which attack cholesterol in different ways. A recent study by Dr. Terje Pederson of Oslo that covered 1873 people in Europe and the US cited a greater number of cancer cases, 105 versus only 70 for those who had taken a placebo. These results, when combined with two other ongoing studys on Vytorin, have raised significant questions about a possible cancer link.
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