Inegy
Inegy is a new product that containes Simvastatin and Ezetimibe and it is licensed for hypercholesterolaemia.
The combination product would mean that a patient already taking the two separate products, or a patient who is not reaching target on a statin alone could be prescribed a single tablet that would have two cholesterol lowering effects.
However, the combination product cost approximately £8 per month more than the separate ingredients. This is equivalent to an additional 2 patients on treatment with the statin alone.
Action: At this time there can be no good reason to use this product over the separate ingredients, except perhaps for those patients with a known and significant compliance problem.
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