Word: lovastatin
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...blood, in contrast to an optimal level of 200 mg -- and by age 44 she had had triple-bypass surgery. She went on a restrictive diet, and her cholesterol level plunged. But her arteries were still choking. Early this year her doctor suggested adding an experimental drug called lovastatin to her regimen. Within four months the magic number was 156 mg. Says Fuller, now 54, of the drug: "I really believe that it's saving my life...
Last week the Food and Drug Administration gave its approval to lovastatin. The move will give millions of Americans a potent new ally in their battle against heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer. Developed and manufactured by Merck & Co., the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant, the drug will be ) marketed under the trade name Mevacor. It is the first of a new class of compounds specifically designed to control cholesterol production. Says Scott Grundy, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas: "This is the first practical treatment...