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Pravastatin, sold under the brand name Pravachol among others, is a statin medication, used for preventing cardiovascular disease in those at high risk and treating abnormal lipids. [5] It is suggested to be used together with diet changes, exercise, and weight loss. [ 5 ]
Where risks or harms is the reason for withdrawal, this will usually have been prompted by unexpected adverse effects that were not detected during Phase III clinical trials, i.e. they were only made apparent from postmarketing surveillance data collected from the wider community over longer periods of time.
The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to sales of a major cholesterol-lowering drug. The U.S. Department of Justice ...
This is a list of defunct (mainly American) consumer brands which are no longer made and usually no longer mass-marketed to consumers. Brands in this list may still be made, but are only made in modest quantities and/or limited runs as a nostalgic or retro style item. A set of signs promoting Burma-Shave, on U.S. Route 66
The image may still be all American, but these shades aren't made in the U.S. In 1999, eye-care giant Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italy’s Luxottica, and the stylish shades have since been ...
Not every discontinued food gets a cult following, and Daisys and Whistles is proof. This snack crackers shaped like flowers and train conductor whistles existed, people ate it, and then one day ...
1913: The American Medical Association created a propaganda department to outlaw health fraud and quackery. [6] In the same year, California outlawed cannabis. 1914: The first recorded instance of the United States enacting a ban on the domestic distribution of drugs is the Harrison Narcotic Act [7] of 1914.
From Airstream trailers and motorcycles to crayons and Stetson hats, many iconic brands and upstarts resist the urge to push all production overseas.