But although the high, 80-milligram dose of Lipitor cut heart attacks compared to the 10-mg starting dose, the increased dose did not cut down on the total number of deaths.
There is no doubt that these medicines save lives--cholesterol pills such as Pfizer 's (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Lipitor and Merck 's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) Zocor have been shown to cut heart attacks by one-third.
's (nyse: PFE - news - people ) Lipitor or Merck 's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) Zocor cut the odds of heart attack or stroke in high-risk patients by a third, but they also can cause side effects that destroy muscle tissue and, eventually, the liver.
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Doctors knew that high-powered cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor, called statins, cut the chance of heart attacks by about one-third.
But though these medicines on average cut heart attacks by at least one-third, they don't work for everyone.
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Particularly troubling for Merck investors is the company's failure to suggest a clear cut-off date of when a heart attack could be linked to Vioxx.
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These drugs, called statins, can cut heart attacks by one third or more in at-risk patients, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of lives a year in the United States alone.
Low-dose aspirin is already recommended to cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, but there are no national guidelines on who should consider taking it to prevent cancer, or how much to take.
If we can help people do more physical exercise - especially when they are at risk of illness or recovering from it - we can cut the number of deaths from conditions like heart disease and stroke.
Researchers found that participants taking Crestor cut their risk of heart attack, stroke and death by nearly half -- 44 percent -- compared with participants taking the placebo.
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But other companies, such as Eli Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people ), GlaxoSmithKline (nyse: GSK - news - people ) and tiny Atherogenics (nasdaq: AGIX - news - people ), are also developing new medicines to further cut heart attacks.
Above all, the private firms at the heart of the financial system may have become too risk-averse to respond to rate-cut promptings.
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Treatment with cholesterol-lowering medicines such as Lipitor, Zocor, and Crestor seems to cut the risk of heart attack by a third.
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