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Sanofi Earnings Slashed in First Quarter
S. patent expired last May, slid 5 percent. That, along with generic competition that cut sales of blood pressure drugs Avapro and Aprovel by 20.8 percent, dragged down total company sales by 5.3 percent. In a statement Thursday Sanofi warned that
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AstraZeneca Q1 Net Profit Plunges 31 Percent
percent lower at $6.39 billion. The company said generic competition for bipolar medication Seroquel IR, hypertension drug Atacand and cholesterol drug Crestor drove revenue down. The company said it received a subpoena March 28 from the U.S. attorney's
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Novartis Posts Profit Gain Thanks to New Drugs
to $2.42 billion from $2.27 billion in the same period last year despite declining sales of its blockbuster heart drug Diovan , which lost U.S. patent protection last year. The Basel-based company said in a statement the increase — a turnaround
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Cardiovascular-Disease Prevention in a Pill?
consisting of three blood pressure medications - amlodipine, losartan and hydrochlorothiazide - and simvastatin, a cholesterol-busting disease. The polypills contain standard doses of simvastatin and losartan and low doses of the other two medicines. "The reductions
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Blood Pressure Drug Olmesartan Linked to Celiac Disease Side Effects in a Handful of Patients22 patients taking the drug olmesartan , sold under the brand name Benicar , suffered symptoms similar to When patients stopped taking olmesartan , their symptoms improved dramatically. Olmesartan is an angiotensin II receptor
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Pharmacy Errors: Swallowing the Wrong Pill
remembering exactly which medication your doctor prescribed and later, whether the pharmacist got it right? Names like Darvan and Diovan can sound the same. But one is a pain reliever while another is used to treat high blood pressure. And when a pharmacy gives
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Profound Fatigue, Cold Sweats, Dizziness May Signal Heart Attacka heart attack but did not have blocked arteries. Doctors prescribed a daily aspirin, the powerful blood pressure drugs valsartan and metoprolol, and a low-salt diet. They told her that after some rest followed by cardiac rehabilitation, "I would
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Popular Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to CancerMicardis , and Atacand . A full pressure drug olmesartan ( Benicar ) had a higher placebo. Olmesartan was not studied medications. Angiotensin - receptor blockers are widely blockers - losartan ( Cozaar ), candesartan ( Atacand ), telmisartan ( Micardis ), and valsartan ( Diovan ). The absolute
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Surprise! Doctors Learn Some Drugs are StinkyMelbourne Fla., said she won't stop taking her smelly medication, but she wonders why it has to be so smelly. "I take Benicar for high blood pressure and it smells just like sour milk," Brabitz wrote in an e-mail to ABCNews.com. Ellie, from
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Some Blood Pressure Drugs May Stave Off Dementia
acts. Called angiotensin receptor blockers , these drugs drugs include candesartan ( Atacand ), irbesartan ( Avapro ), losartan ( Cozaar ) and valsartan ( Diovan ). In the study routine use of angiotensin receptor blockers to prevent Alzheimer's
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Blood Pressure Drugs Might Fight Diabetic Retinopathy
help prevent and treat a disorder that causes people with diabetes to lose their vision. The researchers tested candesartan ( Atacand ), a drug known as an angiotensin receptor blocker, on mice to see what would happen to 65 proteins in the retina
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Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses
failure, high doses of the drug losartan , an angiotensin-receptor blocker take 50 or 150 milligrams a day of losartan ( Cozaar ). After a median follow-up Overall, the higher dose of losartan reduced the risk for death or admission
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Micardis Given Wider Approval
Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Micardis ( telmisartan ) has received expanded approval Boehringer Ingelheim said Monday. Micardis belongs to its own class called combines the active ingredient in Micardis with the calcium channel blocker
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Do Blood Pressure Meds Prevent Alzheimer's?Angiotensin receptor blockers may reduce risk of dementia and Alzheimer's.
