PRISMA Scoping Review Examines Food-Drug Interactions in Cardiovascular and Diabetic Medications
Meals May Not Matter for Most New Heart and Diabetes Pills
This PRISMA scoping review synthesized data from 36 publications regarding food-drug interactions in cardiovascular and diabetic medications…
Most new heart and diabetes pills work the same whether you take them with food or on an empty stomach, but a few still need timing.
Bempedoic acid 180 mg/day reduces LDL-C in Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia over 52 weeks
New Cholesterol Option Works Well for Statin Intolerant Patients
This multicenter, open-label, single-arm Phase 3 study evaluated bempedoic acid 180 mg/day in 130 Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemi…
A new cholesterol drug safely lowers bad cholesterol for one year in patients who cannot take standard statin medications.
Phase 3 trial of oral PCSK9 inhibitor enlicitide in hypercholesterolemia reports no results
Can a new pill lower cholesterol as well as existing drugs?
A completed phase 3 randomized controlled trial in 301 adults with hypercholesterolemia compared oral PCSK9 inhibitor enlicitide to ezetimib…
A new cholesterol pill called enlicitide finished its final trial, but the results showing how well it lowers bad cholesterol and its safety…