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A new study shows that a combination of Trilipix triglycerides medicine and Crestor cholesterol drug are better than either pill individually at improving heart health. The data was presented this month at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Orlando, Fla., as drugmakers prepare to market a pill that combines both medications.

According to Reuters:

The combination did significantly better at lowering bad LDL cholesterol and other blood fats called triglycerides, as well as raising levels of good HDL cholesterol in patients with complex lipid disorders.

Statins such as Crestor that lower LDL cholesterol are among the most widely used prescription drugs in the world. But many of the patients with high cholesterol also have high triglycerides and low levels of good HDL cholesterol, raising heart risks.

“There is a significant benefit to combining the two treatments together,” said Dr. Eli Roth, professor of clinical medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and an investigator in the study. “You tend to correct the entire atherogenic profile.”

The biggest benefit of the combination pill to consumers will be that it’s easier to take one pill than to juggle multiple prescriptions, physicians said.

Cialis, the erectile dysfunction pill that bills itself as “The Weekender” for its ability to remain effective for as long as 36 hours, has taken this concept one step further with Cialis Once a Day, a lower-dose Cialis that promises to keep users ready for action all day and every day.

In the U.K.’s Sun newspaper, Dr. Keith Hopcroft gives the drug a positive (and VERY British) review:

A few years ago, we docs couldn’t offer much to blokes with impotence – or erectile dysfunction (ED), as it’s now called… New drugs have helped men rise to the occasion – and so saved a good few relationships – but blokes still aren’t satisfied.

Because you have to neck them about an hour before you anticipate rumpy pumpy. That means scheduling sex … At best it’s unromantic. At worst, it’s a complete turn-off.

So the new plea became: “Isn’t there a pill I could take every day – just in case?”

Enter Cialis Once-a-Day. For the first time, there’s a daily ED treatment which primes you for action. So it solves the problem of forward-planning. It’s suitable for men who’ve already had success with the standard treatments.

The main downside to taking Cialis daily is the cost. Says the doctor:

Although each pill is relatively cheap, the overall cost is high because it’s taken daily. Which means a bigger dent in your wallet.

This is not unlike the situation with Valtrex, the herpes medication. Users can take Valtrex either when they have an outbreak, or alternatively, they can take the drug daily in hopes of preventing an outbreak. But again, the cost for the daily regimen is significantly greater.

Fortunately, you can buy both Cialis Once a Day and Valtrex for up to 80 percent less through the ePharmacies network. Join us today!

If your golf swing isn’t sending the ball as far these days, it could be the Lipitor you’re taking.

Lipitor, along with other statins, can cause weakness in your muscles. While the side effect is not common, it may affect hundreds of thousands of statin drug users worldwide, because the market for these drugs is so large.

According to news reports:

Statin drugs (Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Crestor, Lescol and Mevacor) are the most effective cholesterol-lowering drugs available… (but) they can cause muscle problems.

Myalgia is one of those problems. It is muscle inflammation with tenderness and pain. Myopathy is another problem. It’s muscle achiness and weakness. And the third, and most serious, complication is rhabdomyolysis, muscle disintegration.

This happens very rarely, to about one in 10,000 users. Lowering the dose, switching to another statin or changing to a different medicine is usually all the treatment necessary, except for rhabdomyolysis, or the breakdown of muscle mass.

Statins also cause general fatigue, according to a new study:

People prescribed widely used cholesterol-busting drugs called statins may be more likely to feel fatigued than those who don’t, a new study finds … The research was expected to be presented this week at a meeting of the American Heart Association in Palm Harbor, Fla.

It’s possible that the drugs may cause problems by disrupting the way the body produces energy in cells … Vitamin D supplements may help such patients feel better.

Talk with your doctor if you experience any of these symptoms while using Lipitor or another statin.

Viagra was created to treat erectile dysfunction, generally among men middle-aged and older. Unfortunately, Pfizer’s “Viva Viagra!” ad campaigns — along with tantalizing warnings about four-hour erections — have turned the drug into a popular aphrodisiac among healthy young men.

It’s a trend that has just claimed the life of a 28-year-old Russian man. The U.K.’s Sun reports:

A sex-mad Russian died after guzzling a bottle of Viagra pills to keep him going for a 12-hour orgy with two women pals.

The women had bet mechanic Sergey Tuganov £3,000 that he wouldn’t be able to satisfy them both non-stop for the half-day sex marathon.

But minutes after winning the wager, the randy 28-year-old dropped dead with a heart attack, revealed Moscow police.

One of the women, named only as Alina, said: “We called emergency services but it was too late, there was nothing they could do.”

Chances of discouraging Viagra abuse at this point are slim, medical experts say, because the drug is mostly prescribed by general practitioners, who have little choice but to trust their patients when they say they are having erectile dysfunction problems.

What’s more, research indicates Viagra may indeed enhance sexual performance among young men — although exactly how, and how much, is undetermined.

According to news reports:

Viagra does not turn healthy guys into sexual supermen. But it certainly does something down there. To find out exactly what ED drugs do to healthy young guys, we turn to research coming out of Italy. Scientists at the University of Florence gave 60 healthy young men with no erection issues a pill that was either a 25-milligram tablet of sildenafil or a placebo. Talk about messing with people’s minds!

Anyway, the upshot was that “there were no differences between the two groups in the reported improvement of erection quality.”

However, the drug did cause “a significant reduction of the postejaculatory refractory time.” In other words, guys who got the real thing were ready for action a lot sooner than the others.

Pfizer officially discourages healthy men from taking Viagra.