Benecol, Statins Combined Use Outperforms Increased Statin Doses - Study
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Concomitant use of McNeil Consumer Healthcare's Benecol spread with Rx statin drugs more effectively reduces total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels than a doubled dose of the original statin, a recently published study reports.
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