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Differences in cardiovascular event rates between atorvastatin and simvastatin among new users: managed-care experience

Richard J. Willke Global Outcomes Research, Pfizer Inc, Peapack, NJ, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Steve Zhou Evidence-Based Strategies, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
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Robert A. Vogel University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pages 2873-2882 | Accepted 13 Aug 2008, Published online: 29 Aug 2008

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Dale A. Rublee & James P. Burke. (2010) LDL-C Goal Attainment in Patients who Remain on Atorvastatin or Switch to Equivalent or Non-equivalent Doses of Simvastatin: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study in Clinical Practice. Postgraduate Medicine 122:2, pages 16-24.
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Anke Neumann, Géric Maura, Alain Weill, Philippe Ricordeau, François Alla & Hubert Allemand. (2013) Comparative effectiveness of rosuvastatin versus simvastatin in primary prevention among new users: a cohort study in the French national health insurance database. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 23:3, pages 240-250.
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Peter P. Toth, JoAnne M. Foody, Joanne E. Tomassini, Shiva G. Sajjan, Dena R. Ramey, David R. Neff, Andrew M. Tershakovec, X. Henry Hu & Kaan Tunceli. (2014) Therapeutic practice patterns related to statin potency and ezetimibe/simvastatin combination therapies in lowering LDL-C in patients with high-risk cardiovascular disease. Journal of Clinical Lipidology 8:1, pages 107-116.
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Jason P. Swindle, Jesse Potash, Mahesh Kulakodlu, Andreas Kuznik & Ami Buikema. (2011) Drug Utilization Patterns and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Elderly Patients Newly Initiated on Atorvastatin or Simvastatin. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy 9:6, pages 471-482.
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Ross J Simpson, James Signorovitch, Karthik Ramakrishnan, Jasmina Ivanova, Howard Birnbaum & Andreas Kuznik. (2011) Cardiovascular and Economic Outcomes After Initiation of Atorvastatin versus Simvastatin in an Employed Population Stratified by Cardiovascular Risk. American Journal of Therapeutics 18:6, pages 436-448.
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Maarit Jaana Korhonen, Arja Helin-Salmivaara & Risto Huupponen. (2011) Dynamics of long-term statin therapy. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 67:9, pages 925-931.
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Kaan Tunceli, Shiva G. Sajjan, Dena R. Ramey, David R. Neff, Andrew M. Tershakovec, X. Henry Hu, Joanne E. Tomassini & JoAnne M. Foody. (2010) Switching from high-efficacy lipid-lowering therapies to simvastatin and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment in coronary heart disease/coronary heart disease-equivalent patients. Journal of Clinical Lipidology 4:6, pages 491-500.
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