hello! yoshi

So have you heard about the news lately? Vytorin may not be effective against heart disease. So essentially, vytorin decreases your cholesterol, and reduces your LDL levels (aka “bad” cholesterol), however, it didn’t decrease the amount of plaque in your blood, which causes clogs and increases heart disease. So, the question here is, “what’s the point?” If Vytorin isn’t going to help prevent heart disease (i.e. heart attacks for those of us who need simple terms), then what’s the point of taking it?

On top of that, the studies that show this are 2 years old. What’s up with that? 2 years ago, they knew it wasn’t effective, and yet, millions of Americans I’m sure have been taking this drug. What gives?

Doctors are now saying people should be taking statins (a fancy word for cholesterol drugs - Lipitor is a popular one), since they are proven to be effective against such things. There’s a couple drug companies that aren’t very happy about this situation. I’m glad I’ve never had to take Vytorin.

Do you take Vytorin? If you do, you might need to talk to your doctor and consider taking something else.