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Mylan's pricing strategy was designed to get the company out of a double whammy. At the pharmacy counter, brutal price competition for drugs such as captopril, a hypertension remedy, and naproxen, an antiarthritis drug, has hurt margins. At the factory, the company is facing an escalating legal and regulatory campaign waged by brand-name pharmaceutical companies such as American Home Products and Merck to extend patents on their drugs or prevent others from manufacturing them. "Generics are caught in a squeeze, which is why only half the 24 publicly traded companies in the industry are profitable," says Jerry Treppel...
...consequence of diabetes is a greater risk of kidney failure. A new study suggests that captopril, a drug used to lower high blood pressure, strengthens the kidneys, halving serious kidney problems for diabetics...
...Three drugs given to heart-attack victims -- magnesium, nitrates and captopril (the drug just found to be good for diabetics' kidneys) -- are surprisingly ineffective. Still worth taking: aspirin, clot dissolvers and beta blockers...
...first study compared two similar (but not identical) drugs, captopril and enalapril, both of which are safe and effective. Surprisingly, the patients on captopril reported feeling better physically and emotionally -- and sleeping more soundly -- than those taking enalapril. The second study tested six drugs and found that their effectiveness at controlling blood pressure depended on who was taking them. Diltiazem worked especially well for black men, captopril for younger white men, and atenolol for older white men. The results will undoubtedly prompt studies in women as well...
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