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Alzheimer Disease and Antioxidants
At the present time, one out of ten adults have some form of Alzheimer disease. According to Dr. Greengard, Director of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research at the Rockefeller University, that number is expected to strike up to three times...
Six Tips to Keep Up Your Exercise Motivation
The next time you start to slide with your exercise program, stop! On again off again exercise will never get you the results you want. Instead, use these six tips to stay on track and achieve and achieve your desired fitness goals: 1.Don’t beat...
The Media is Paying Attention to the Message
Thispiece inthe Chicago Tribune profiles the work my staff and I
are doing to change the existing health care model that promotes
needless and potentially toxic drugs and procedures over more
natural treatments.
The article notes that this...
Vitamin for Boosting your Immune System
Turmeric, in all honesty is not a vitamin, but it can certainly help to boost your immune system. Of course Turmeric is a herb and in recent years has become quite popular in the Spice Rack of modern day kitchens. The proper name for Turmeric is...
We're natural mind readers
EMPATHY allows us to feel the emotions of others, to identify and understand their feelings and motives and see things from their perspective. How we generate empathy remains a subject of intense debate in cognitive science. Some scientists now...
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Generic or Name Brand: Do You Really Need a Statin Drug?
In June 2006, insurers and government agencies will have the
opportunity to start using an inexpensive generic version of the
cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor instead of the more pricey
Lipitor.
Pfizer, which makes Lipitor, plans to use marketing muscle to
fight the change. They claim that Lipitor has unique benefits
that make it worth the price.
Both Lipitor and Zocor are statin drugs, which are the nation's
best-selling medications. Almost 150 million prescriptions will
be filled this year, with a $16 billion price tag.
Insurers and some cardiologists say that, in many cases,
patients who take the a common dosage of Lipitor, such as 10
milligrams daily, can reduce their cholesterol just as much with
Zocor. Lipitor costs $2 or more a day, whereas generic Zocor
will likely cost 35 cents or less.
The battle over which drug will be prescribed will involve many
of the fundamental forces currently driving American health
care. Prescription drug sales have increased from $40
billionfifteen years agoto almost $250 billion today. But while
many complain about the cost of prescription drugs, patients are
also frequently reluctant to accept generic medicines instead of
more expensive brand-name medications that might be slightly
better.
New York Times October 15, 2005 Registration RequiredThe
(Lakeland, Fla.) Ledger October 15, 2005
Dr. Mercola's Comment:A few months ago I warned you about
Merck's over-the-counter (OTC) statin drug under consideration
by the FDA. It never happened in the US, although it did in the
U.K. with Zocor.
I suspect Pfizer will have a hard time proving Lipitor is
worth
the higher price, based on a German study Iran last month that
found it to be no better benefit-wise than other statins and
that it may actually pose worse side effects for patients too.
Please understand that Lipitor isn't the "best" statin drug --
simply the one with the best marketing program.
The fact is, all statins are a "cure" for a symptom, and do
nothing to address the underlying causes of the problem. All
they do is cost you money and put you at riskfor serious and
sometimes life-threatening side effects. If you want to know the
real truth about statins and their dangers, read my past article
The Truth About Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs.
You don't need to be taking a statin drug -- a generic or
patented toxic "Band-Aid" -- at all, if you make two basic
lifestyle changes: - Reducing, with the plan of
eliminating, grains and sugars from your diet.
- Starting a
daily exercise program focusing on improving your cardiovascular
system.
These two strategies, properly applied, will normalize
cholesterol in will over 99% of those with "high" cholesterol,
and it will achieve a normal cholesterol level without the use
of potentially toxic and expensive medications or
supplements.
About the author:
This article is reprinted from Mercola.com, the world's #1 most
visited and trusted natural/alternative health website. For a
limited time only, you can take the FREE "Metabolic Type Test"
to help you learn the right foods for your particular body type
so you can achieve optimal fitness & health. Just go to
http://www.mercola.com/forms/mt_test.htm right now to take this
quick test!
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