Patients are asking if they should stop Vytorin

February 2008

Patients are asking if they should stop Vytorin...due to all the press that it doesn't work any better than simvastatin alone.

This comes from preliminary results of the "ENHANCE" trial.

It suggests that Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin) does not work better than simvastatin alone to slow atherosclerosis.

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Table of Contents

Patients are asking if they should stop Vytorin
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