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Article: Doctors leery to prescribe Vytorin after key study flops.(Front)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2008
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Byline: MARILYNN MARCHIONE
By Marilynn Marchione
The Associated Press
CHICAGO
Full results of a failed trial on Vytorin, a medicine taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, left doctors stunned that the drug did not improve heart disease even though it worked as intended to lower three key risk factors.