The panelists didn't just suggest that Vytorin and Zetia not be used until after patients try high-dose statins, which can cause achiness or more serious muscle problems.
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Zetia and Vytorin are for patients who don't get enough benefit from these other drugs, or who can't take high doses of statins because of side effects like achiness or elevated liver enzymes.