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Vytorin: Depression Added as a Side Effect

The FDA has approved a change in the product labels for cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia, adding depression as a possible side effect of the drug.

In letters to the drugs' co-marketers, Schering-Plough Corp. (SGP) and Merck & Co. (MRK), the FDA said depression would be added to the section of the drugs' package insert concerning adverse reactions in post-marketing experience. The new language also will be included in a section of the patient package inserts listing possible side effects of the drugs.

The section of the product label being changed is for adverse reactions reported in post-marketing experience, "regardless of causality assessment." The FDA approved the label changes Feb. 7 and Feb. 8, its Web site indicates.

Vytorin is a combination of Zetia and simvastatin. Simvastatin is available generically and is marketed by Merck under the brand Zocor.

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Full post as published by A Georgia Lawyer on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).