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The information is provided by Consumer Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumers Reports, through its innovative Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs program. The grant-funded project is a pioneering effort to provide consumers with information in one place on the safety, effectiveness and costs of prescription drugs. Currently, the Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs evaluations are available only on the Web at http://www.CRBestBuyDrugs.org. But pilot projects in Sacramento and Atlanta will determine how to get printed copies of the materials into the hands of those without Internet access.
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Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs combines a review of the scientific evidence on the effectiveness and safety of medicines with pricing information. Every report is peer-reviewed by medical experts. The project is independently administered by Consumers Union and Consumer Reports with support from the Engelberg Foundation, a private philanthropy, and the National Library of Medicine.
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Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs, a public education project, has evaluated drugs for 35 conditions to help consumers make smart choices. According to the January report, nearly half of all U.S. adults regularly take at least one prescription drug. And 18 percent of adults take three or more prescription drugs. CR's free, unbiased analysis of prescription drugs is available online at http://www.ConsumerReports.org/health.
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Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs selects lovastatin, pravastatin and simvastatin as "Best Buys" for most types of cholesterol reduction. Lovastatin and pravastatin are recommended if "bad" cholesterol, or LDL, needs to be reduced by less than 30 percent. Simvastatin is recommended if LDL reduction of 30 percent or greater is needed and/or the patient has had a heart attack or diabetes; or if the patient has had a heart attack and their LDL level is not highly elevated.
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