Heart Beat: Uncertainty dogs Zetia and Vytorin
Heart Beat
Zetia works by preventing cholesterol in food from crossing the intestinal wall and getting into the bloodstream. In theory, it's a good addition to a statin, which lowers cholesterol a different way. Taking Zetia and a statin, or Vytorin, reduces cholesterol more than either drug alone. But the combination hasn't paid off where it counts, in heart attacks and strokes prevented, or lives saved.
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