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Drug Interactions Cholestyramine: Concomitant cholestyramine administration decreased the mean AUC of total ezetimibe approximately 55%. The incremental LDL-C reduction due to adding ezetimibe to cholestyramine may be reduced by this interaction. Fibrates: The safety and effectiveness of ezetimibe administered with fibrates have not been established. Fibrates may increase cholesterol excretion into the bile, leading to cholelithiasis. In a preclinical study in dogs, ezetimibe increased cholesterol in the gallbladder bile. Coadministration of ZETIA with fibrates is not recommended until use in patients is studied. Fenofibrate: In a pharmacokinetic study, concomitant fenofibrate administration increased total ezetimibe concentrations approximately 1.5-fold. Gemfibrozil: In a pharmacokinetic study, concomitant gemfibrozil administration increased total ezetimibe concentrations approximately 1.7-fold. HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors: No clinically significant pharmacokinetic interactions were seen when ezetimibe was co-administered with atorvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin, lovastatin, or fluvastatin. Cyclosporine: Caution should be exercised when initiating ezetimibe in patients treated with cyclosporine due to increased exposure to ezetimibe. This exposure may be greater in patients with severe renal insufficiency. In patients treated with cyclosporine, the potential effects of the increased exposure to ezetimibe from concomitant use should be carefully weighed against the benefits of alterations in lipid levels provided by ezetimibe. In a pharmacokinetic study in postrenal transplant patients with mildly impaired or normal renal function creatinine clearance of 50 ml min ; , concomitant cyclosporine administration increased the mean AUC and Cmax of total ezetimibe 3.4-fold range 2.3- to 7.9-fold ; and 3.9-fold range 3.0- to 4.4-fold ; , respectively. In a separate study, the total ezetimibe exposure increased 12-fold in one renal transplant patient with severe renal insufficiency receiving multiple medications, including cyclosporine. Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment of Fertility In animal studies with ezetimibe, there were no statistically significant increases in incidence of tumors and no evidence of reproductive toxicity. In addition, in vitro and in vivo data did not show any evidence of mutagenicity, clastogenicity, or genotoxicity. Pregnancy Pregnancy Category: C There are no adequate and well-controlled studies of ezetimibe in pregnant women. Ezetimibe should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the risk to the fetus. All HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors are contraindicated in pregnant and nursing women. When ZETIA is administered with an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor in a woman of childbearing potential, refer to the pregnancy category and package labeling for the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. The effects of ZETIA on labor and delivery in pregnant women are unknown. Nursing Mothers In rat studies, exposure to total ezetimibe in nursing pups was up to half of that observed in maternal plasma. It is not known whether ezetimibe is excreted into human breast milk. Remember in the most recent addendum by NCEP the experts clearly stated that PROVE IT and HPS should not be taken as the final word on lower is better with respect to LDL-C. They look very prophetic right now. The editorialist, Dr Steve Nissen even hints that Zocor 80 should be removed from the market or at least used rarely and with great scrutiny. He also has trouble reconciling how Zocor 80 mg did not work and was fairly toxic compared to Lipitor 80 in PROVE IT and MIRACL. He also gets into a theoretical discussion that CRP may explain the difference and states that he would not advise lower dose statin Zetka until there is outcome data. Why? Most docs were using Lipitor for years before it had any outcome data rather than sticking with Pravachol or Zocor. He also states that Zeti does not lower CRP. In fact Zet8a statin reduces CRP about 20% more than statin monotherapy. And although it is being studied, there is no prospective data at this time supporting the use of CRP modulation as a goal of therapy. It is a risk factor to be used for risk assessment at this time. Zeria low dose statin gives the same apoB, CRP reductions as gorilla statins and of course Zetua keeps out many atherogenic sterols other that cholesterol something no statin can do ; . Look, MIRACL was not a randomized trial and had soft endpoints and should be dismissed as a trial that contributes to our evidenced based knowledge. PROVE IT was a University not real world ; Trial of healthy people with no comorbidities who were on no CYP4503A meds who were given Lipitor 80 vs Prava 40. Of course there were no myalgias in that study. I'd love to see Lipitor 80 given to real world, sick folks having MIs who do take p450 drugs and see how safe it really is. However, the lipophilic Lipitor caused three times more LFT elevations than did the safer hydrophilic, Pravachol. I'd love to see PROVE IT repeated with Pravachol Zetia vs Lipitor 80. Which regimen do you think would be safer? All of this emerging data comes to one conclusion: High dose lipophilic statins are not safe, and have no prayer of reducing events more than 40% at best. When are we all going to start using low dose lipophilic statins with Zetia of safer hydrophilic statins Pravachol and Crestor ; at doses 40 Prava or 10-20 Crestor ; in combination with Zetia almost all high risk patients ; and TriCor or occasionally Niaspan in our patients with disorders of the TG HDL Axis? Late me add the following comment: Vytorin is the combination of Zocor and Zetia and is available at Zetia 10 with Zocor 10, 20, 40, It provides two meds for one co-pay. Do not confuse Zocor 10 or 20 mg with Zocor 40 or 80 mg especially after you read the A-Z study ; . Zocor is a very safe statin at 10 or mg dosage and would have few if any p450 interactions or liver toxicity at those dosage. Please also take a look at the apoB, LDL-C lowering of Vytorin 10 or 20. It is virtually the same as Vytorin 40 or 80. If I have someone with very high LDL-C familial IIa or IIb patients ; I will use Crestor 10-20 mg with Zetia. For patients with lesser LDL-C and apoB Prava40 Zetia 10 or Vytorin 10 or should be your first line attack. Also, the Crestor folks must be laughing so hard they can cry. They have been unfairly bashed and labeled as unsafe by their gorilla statin competitors. Remember the old "he who laughs last" statement! Read the A-Z trial and re-think Gorilla statin use. Here are the FDA approved lipid drugs needed to practice effective lipidology: Pravachol, Crestor, Vytorin 10 or 20, TriCor, Niaspan, Welchol to be used alone but mostly in low dose combos ; And do not forget than TG HDL axis abnormalities are rampant so lots of lifestyle and TriCor occ Niaspan ; will be needed in many 3 ; NEW NMR LipoProfile beginning Sept 8th: For those of you using LipoScience LipoProfile big changes have occur: all will make you better lipidologists. Biotechnology, Inc. Santa Cruz, CA ; , respectively. All other chemicals used were of the highest purity available. Animals. The animal experiments were performed in accordance with the Guideline for Animal Experiments of Kyoto University. Eight-week-old male Wistar rats were housed in a temperature- and humidity-controlled room and fed rat chow ad libitum. Hyperthyroidism was induced by adding T4 12 mg l ; to the drinking water for 21 days as previously described Ashida et al., 2004 ; . After treatment, the kidney, liver, jejunum, and ileum were excised. Blood was also collected for measurement of plasma level of T3. Plasma T3 levels in euthyroid and hyperthyroid rats were measured by an Enzyme Immuno Assay method IMx; Dainabot, Tokyo, Japan ; . Plasma T3 levels in euthyroid and hyperthyroid rats were 0.32 0.02 and 2.40 0.18 ng ml, respectively mean S.E., n 6 ; . In addition, hyperthyroid rats lost an average of 0.055 kg in response to T4 treatment data not shown ; . Western Blot Analysis. Isolation of crude plasma membrane fractions from each tissue and Western blot analysis were performed as described previously Ogihara et al., 1996 ; . Monoclonal antibody C219 and anti-villin polyclonal antibody were used as primary antibodies. RNA Isolation, Semiquantitative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction PCR ; , and Competitive PCR. RNA isolation, reverse transcription, and competitive PCR procedures were performed as described previously Masuda et al., 2000 ; with some modifications. The specific primer sets 5 M ; used were as follows: for rat mdr1a primers, 5 -GATGGAATTGATAATGTGGACA-3 and 5 -AAGGATCAGGAACAATAAA-3 ; for rat mdr1b primers, 5 -GAAATAATGCTTATGAATCCCAAA G-3 and 5.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Principles of Combination The accompanying combined balance sheets and combined statements of net sales and contractual expenses, cash flows and partners' capital deficit ; include the Cholesterol and Respiratory Collaboration activities of the Combined Companies. Interpartnership balances and profits are eliminated. Use of Estimates The combined financial statements are prepared based on contractual agreements between the Partners, as described above, and include certain amounts that are based on Management's best estimates and judgments. Estimates are used in determining such items as provisions for sales discounts and returns and government and managed care rebates. Because of the uncertainty inherent in such estimates, actual results may differ from these estimates. Foreign Currency Translation The net assets of the Partnership's foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. The U.S. dollar effects arising from translating the net assets of these operations are included in Partners' capital deficit ; , and are not significant. Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents primarily consist of highly liquid money market instruments with original maturities of less than three months. In 2007, the Partnership changed certain cash management practices, increasing the amount of cash held by the Partnership. The Partnership's cash, which is primarily invested in highly liquid money market instruments, is used to fund trade obligations coming due in the month and for distributions to the Partners. Interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents is reported in "Selling, general and administrative" in the accompanying combined statements of net sales and contractual expenses and amounted to million, million and million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Inventories Substantially all inventories are valued at the lower of first in, first out cost or market. Intangible Assets Intangible assets consist of licenses, trademarks and trade names owned by the Partnership. These intangible assets were recorded at the Partners' historical cost at the date of contribution, at a nominal value. Revenue Recognition, Rebates, Returns and Allowances Revenue from sales of Cholesterol Products are recognized when title and risk of loss pass to the customer. Recognition of revenue also requires reasonable assurance of collection of sales proceeds and completion of all performance obligations. Net sales of VYTORIN INEGY are , 779 million, , 955 million and , 028 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Net sales of ZETIA EZETROL are , 407 million, , 929 million and , 397 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In the United States, sales discounts are issued to customers as direct discounts at the point-of-sale or indirectly through an intermediary wholesale purchaser, known as chargebacks, or indirectly in the form of rebates. Additionally, sales are generally made with a limited right of return under certain conditions. Revenues are recorded net of provisions for sales discounts and returns for which reliable estimates can be made at the time of sale. Reserves for chargebacks, discounts and returns and allowances are reflected as a 131.

Ask your pharmacist about zetia do you have a question about zetia and cordarone. There are different types of targeted therapies, defined in three broad categories. Some targeted therapies focus on the internal components and function of the cancer cell. The targeted therapies use small molecules that can get into the cell and disrupt the function of the cells, causing them to die. There are several types of targeted therapy that focus on the inner parts of the cells. Other targeted therapies target receptors that are on the outside of the cell. Therapies that target receptors are also known as monoclonal antibodies. Antiangiogenesis inhibitors target the blood vessels that supply oxygen to the cells, ultimately causing the cells to starve. Researchers agree that targeted therapies are not a replacement for traditional therapies. They may best be used in combination with traditional therapies. 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The changes in lipid endpoints after an additional 48 weeks of treatment with ZETIA co-administered with fenofibrate or with fenofibrate alone were consistent with the 12-week data displayed above. In the same clinical study involving 625 patients treated for up to 12 weeks and 576 patients treated for up to an additional 48 weeks, co-administration of ZETIA and fenofibrate was well tolerated. This study was not designed to compare treatment groups for infrequent events. Incidence rates 95% CI ; for clinically important elevations 3 X ULN, consecutive ; in serum transaminases were 4.5% 1.9, 8.8 ; and 2.7% 1.2, 5.4 ; for fenofibrate monotherapy and ZETIA co-administered with fenofibrate, respectively, adjusted for treatment exposure. Corresponding incidence rates for cholecystectomy were 0.6% 0.0, 3.1 ; and 1.7% 0.6, 4.0 ; for fenofibrate monotherapy and ZETIA co-administered with fenofibrate, respectively. The numbers of patients exposed to co-administration therapy as well as fenofibrate and ezetimibe monotherapy were inadequate to assess gallbladder disease risk. There were no CPK elevations 10 X ULN in any of the treatment groups. Literature Review Monotherapy and Combination Therapy Dujovne et al. [3] evaluated ZETIA in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 892 patients with primary hypercholesterolemia. After 2 weeks on the National Cholesterol Education Program NCEP ; Step I or a stricter diet and a 4- to 8-week single-blind placebo lead-in, patients with LDL-C 130 to 250 mg dL mean baseline 168 mg dL ; and triglycerides 350 mg dL were randomized to receive ezetimibe 10 mg or placebo orally each morning for 12 weeks. A total of 666 patients received ezetimibe and 226 patients received placebo. Ezetimibe significantly reduced direct LDL-C by a mean of 16.9%, compared with an increase of 0.4% with placebo p 0.01 ; . Subgroup analysis indicated that response to ezetimibe was generally consistent across all subgroups, regardless of risk-factor status, gender, age, race, or baseline lipid profile. The effects of ezetimibe on LDL-C occurred early 2 weeks ; and persisted throughout the 12-week treatment period. Compared with placebo, ezetimibe 10 mg also significantly improved calculated LDL-C -17.7% vs. + 1.1% ; , apolipoprotein B -15.5% vs. 1.4% ; , total cholesterol -12.5% vs + .8% ; , triglycerides -5.7% vs + 5.7% ; , HDL-C + 1.3% vs. 1.6% ; , and HDL3 cholesterol + 5.7% vs + 1% ; p 0.01 ; . Ezetimibe was well tolerated. There were no differences in laboratory or clinical safety parameters, or gastrointestinal, liver, or muscle side effects from those of placebo. Davidson et al. [4] evaluated the effects of ezetimibe alone or in combination with simvastatin in 668 patients with hypercholesterolemia. This Phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled study enrolled 668 patients with serum LDL cholesterol LDL-C ; 145 mg dL to 250 mg dL and triglycerides 350 mg dL. Treatment was randomized to one of the following for 12 weeks: ezetimibe 10 mg; simvastatin 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, or 80 mg; ezetimibe 10 mg + simvastatin 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, or 80 mg; or placebo. Monotherapy with ezetimibe n 61 ; reduced LDL-C by 18.1% and triglycerides by 8.3% and increased HDL cholesterol HDL-C ; by 5.1%. Monotherapy with simvastatin n 263 ; decreased LDL-C and triglycerides by 36.1% and 16.6%, respectively, and increased HDL-C by 6.9%. The combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin n 274 ; reduced LDL-C by 49.9% for all doses pooled p 0.01 versus simvastatin alone ; , reduced triglycerides by 24.1% p 0.01 ; , and increased HDL-C by 9.3% p 0.03 ; . Ezetimibe provided an additional 13.8% LDL-C reduction, 2.4% HDL-C increase, and 7.4% triglyceride reduction compared to simvastatin monotherapy pooled data ; . Ezetimibe 10 mg + simvastatin 10 mg yielded LDL-C lowering 44% ; equivalent to simvastatin 80 mg. When examined by subgroups, ezetimibe with simvastatin 10, 20, 40 and 80 mg lowered direct LDL-C by 44%, 45%, 53%, and 57%, respectively. HDL-C increased by 9 and tricor.

Figure 32. Therapies Preceding Zocor . 50 Figure 33. Therapies Preceding Lescol. 51 Figure 34. Therapies Preceding Lovastatin. 52 Figure 35. Therapies Preceding Pravachol . 53 Figure 36. Therapies Preceding Crestor . 54 Figure 37. Physician Opinion Regarding the Advantages of Crestor Over Other Statins . 55 Figure 38. Statin Titration Versus Therapy Switching By Years of Clinical Experience. 56 Figure 39. Therapies Preceding Gemfibrozil . 58 Figure 40. Therapies Preceding Tricor . 59 Figure 41. Therapies Preceding Zetia . 60 Figure 42. Therapies Preceding Advicor . 61 Figure 43. Therapies Preceding Caduet. 63 Figure 44. Therapies Preceding Vytorin . 64 Figure 45. Physician Insight Regarding Restrictions that Impede Adoption of Newer Dyslipidemia Drugs. 65 Figure 46. Physician Insight Regarding Restrictions that Impede Adoption of Newer Dyslipidemia Drugs. 66 Figure 47. Progression of Patients to Lipitor . 67 Figure 48. Progression of Patients to Zocor . 68 Figure 49. Progression of Patients to Pravachol . 69 Figure 50. Progression of Patients to Lovastatin. 70 Figure 51. Progression of Patients to Zetia . 71 Figure 52. Progression of Patients to Crestor . 72 Figure 53. Progression of Patients to Gemfibrozil . 73 Figure 54. Progression of Patients to Tricor . 74 Figure 55. Progression of Patients to Lescol. 75 Figure 56. Progression of Patients to Vytorin . 76 Figure 57. Progression of Patients to Advicor . 77 Figure 58. Progression of Patients to Caduet. 78 Figure 59. Physician Opinion of How Treatment Will Change in Two Years . 80 Figure 60. Predicted Distribution of Crestor Use . 84 Figure 61. Predicted Distribution of Zetia Use. 85 Figure 62. Predicted Distribution of Vytorin Use. 86.
The winners of the 2006 Discoverers Award are Dr. Harry R. Davis, Jr., Dr. Margaret Van Heek, and Kevin B. Alton. All three are distinguished scientists with ScheringPlough Research Institute. They are recognized for their contributions to the discovery of ZetiaTM. Zetia is the first breakthrough in cholesterol-lowering therapies since statins were discovered twenty years ago. Rather than working in the liver to decrease cholesterol production, as statins do, Zetia works in the digestive track to block its absorption. Zetia's introduction in 2002 was much anticipated. Heart disease and related disorders remained a lethal scourge, as it still is today, killing more people every year than the next four leading causes of death combined. While statins help millions of people reduce their lipid levels, they're not for everybody. For many, statins are nonresponsive or not tolerated. And for more than half of those taking statins, they weren't enough to get cholesterol down to recommended levels. Zetia drew acclaim immediately. It was called "very effective, " "important, " a "triumph" its results, "truly amazing" and "impressive." Its combination with statins, it was said, "takes us to realms of cholesterol lowering capability that could not have been dreamt of a decade ago." The story of Zetia, of course, began long ago. Schering-Plough scientists started working on finding a new approach to lowering cholesterol about 18 years ago. Their target: an enzyme associated with cholesterol-buildup. Their goal: a compound that would block it. Serendipity early on was a factor. After many false starts, Dr. Davis and his team discovered a compound that did little to block the targeted enzyme, but much to reduce cholesterol in animals. The compound had failed in the test tube. Being determined and feeling lucky, he gave it another try, only this time straight into hamsters. Looking back, some might call this "old-school." Dr. Davis prefers to call it the "From chemists straight into seven-day, cholesterol-fed hamsters, and we don't do that anymore" model and aceon and Cheap zetia online.
The NDSS score was calculated as the sum of the responses to the previous questions divided by 17. The NDSS score was only calculated for current cigarette smokers who had complete data based on actual reporting and imputation ; for all 17 questions. A current cigarette smoker was defined as nicotine dependent if his or her NDSS score was greater than or equal to 2.75. If the NDSS score for a current cigarette smoker was less than 2.75 or the NDSS score was not defined, then the respondent was determined to be nondependent based on the NDSS. The threshold of 2.75 was derived by examining the distribution of scores in other samples of smokers administered the NDSS, including a contrast of scores obtained for nondependent smokers chippers ; versus heavy smokers Shiffman, Paty, Kassel, Gnys, & Zettler-Segal, 1994.
Prostaglandins are not themselves significant mediators of pain, instead, they increase the sensitivity of nociceptors to other stimuli in traumatized tissues. They switch normally non-excitable polymodal receptors silent `nociceptors' ; into a state in which they are easily excitable. Therefore, the increased blood flow generates the heat and redness of inflammation. Hence, reducing and controlling the formation of some prostaglandins can reduce the swelling, heat and the pain of inflammation. However, not all prostaglandins are harmful for the human body. Some of them are important in protecting the stomach lining, promoting the clotting of blood, regulating salt and fluid balance and maintaining blood flow to the kidneys. Despite the long history and large use of NSAIDs, we still have an incomplete understanding of how the NSAIDs act in our body. Around 1972, the mechanism of action of NSAIDs was proposed that it works by inhibiting the cyclooxygenases enzymes COX ; or prostaglandin G H synthase and subsequent prostaglandin formation [36]. It was revealed that both their therapeutic benefits and toxicity are related to their ability to inhibit the COXenzyme. The process of COX pathway begins with arachidonic acid, a dietary unsaturated fatty acid obtained from animal fats. This acid is converted to different bioactive lipids, viz., prostaglandins and thromboxanes by the enzymes, cyclooxygenases. The prostaglandins go on to stimulate many other regulatory functions and reactionary responses in the body and aldactone.
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Exclusions, and were useful in determining the prevalence of less frequent conditions considered for exclusion from measures of drug prescribing. Another success of the beta testing was in performance of the data abstraction tool. Elements described in the tool were found in the medical record with limited abstractor uncertainty, and the tools were effective in collecting data necessary for composing the performance measures and conducting associated analyses. Yet another success of the beta test was our ability to construct measures using varying specifications and under differing conditions. For example, we were able to determine the influence of various exclusions on performance scores for drug prescribing measures. Additionally, several supplementary analyses were useful in defending the methodologies used. A comparison of differing timeframes revealed that a 15-month measurement period would not have generated substantially different rates from the 12-month timeframe utilized. Also, analyses of the relationship between the date of documentation of disease confirmation and the date of documentation of drug prescribing were important in supporting our approach of not requiring temporal relationships between these items to be present, given the chronicity of the diseases studied and the one-year timeframe utilized. For the purpose of this analysis, it was assumed that the disease occurred throughout the measurement period and that the presence of the process `counted' regardless of when it occurred in the measurement period. Two other supplementary analyses provided important information. One involved determination of the percentage of confirmed cases and case yield resulting from a different number of codes used for the case identification algorithm. For example, 89% of cases were confirmed in the medical record when requiring the presence of only one code during the measurement year from a list of codes to identify patients with CAD. When requiring the presence of at least two codes, the proportion confirmed went up to 93%, and when requiring the presence of at least three codes during the measurement year, 95% of cases were confirmed in the medical record. The differences in case yields for the more stringent criteria were large. The two-code criterion yielded 14% fewer cases that could be used for analysis. The three-code criterion yielded 30% fewer cases than the onecode criterion. The magnitudes of the increases in case confirmation proportions and yields losses are similar for the two other conditions and are detailed in supplementary analysis section of the report. Another important supplementary analysis involved quantification of the burden of abstraction for selected measure elements. We determined the amount of time it took abstractors to search for selected item lists by comparing the time per abstracted case using two abstraction tools ; one including and one excluding particular item lists. For example, we determined the abstraction burden as measured in time ; associated with collecting the item list for exclusions to the measures of ACEI prescribing. We found that it took abstractors roughly an extra half-minute to search for these items in the medical record. We then calculated the cost per improvement in the estimate performance score ; based upon the. Singulair Step Therapy 1. Certification for Singulair is approved for members with asthma, COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis bronchospasm, or acute respiratory syncytial virus RSV ; bronchiolitis. 2. For members with allergic rhinitis, Singulair is covered only after the member has tried and failed an antihistamine and a nasal corticosteroid. 3. Members with chronic urticaria must have tried and failed one of the oral antihistamines such as Zyrtec. Zetia Step Therapy 1. The member must have tried and failed one of the following drugs may be brand or generic ; or combination of drugs at the following dosage: Brand Name Daily Dose Advicor 2000 mg 40 mg Crestor 20mg Lescol 40 mg Lipitor 20 mg Lovastatin 40 mg Pravastatin 40 mg Simvastatin 40 mg 2. The member has tried one of the drugs from the above list and cannot tolerate the side effects. 3. The member is taking or will be taking a medication that has drug interactions with a drug from the above listing. 4. Children or adolescents 17 years of age must have tried a drug from the above list at the clinically appropriate pediatric dose. 5. Members with severe renal impairment of creatinine clearance 30 ml minute. 6. Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. 7. Homozygous familial sitosterolemia. 8. Pregnant women. 9. Active liver disease or unexplained persistent elevations of serum transaminases.

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