For people who don’t take common cholesterol medications due to side effects such as muscle aches, a new study suggests taking a drug called bempedoic acid may be more tolerable and still offer sizable protection for their hearts.
For people who don’t take common cholesterol medications due to side effects such as muscle aches, a new study suggests taking a drug called bempedoic acid may be more tolerable and still offer sizable protection for their hearts.
completely unfounded. the merck drug is an incredible breakthrough. it is pills that you take for five days that dramatically lowers your risk of hospitalization and death. a huge breakthrough and work against delta and omicron and i do want to make the point because this is lost, the pfizer drug coming will be a good drug but if you are on blood thiners, heart medication, certain kinds of cholesterol medications, pain medications, you can t take the pfizer drug. you will be able to take the merck drug. the pfizer drug has drug interaction. we need them both. very important as we move forward. dana: we re watching omicron variant and waiting for more information. we understand it takes a couple of weeks. some people are moving forward. governor of new york has already jumped ahead and people should basically cancel their appointment for their elective surgeries. is that necessary in your opinion? i don t see any reason for this. if you look at the cdc tracker