Drug Has No Benefit

This is what the makers say. It seems they are spinning it in their best interest. The drug Zetia may actually cause more harm.

While Zetia lowers cholesterol by 15 percent to 20 percent in most patients, no trial has ever shown that it can reduce heart attacks and strokes — or even that it reduces the growth of the fatty plaques in arteries that can cause heart problems.[...]
patients taking Vytorin actually had more growth in fatty plaques in their carotid arteries than those on Zocor. The carotid artery runs through the neck and delivers oxygenated blood to the brain.(My note Vytorin is Zetia with a combanation of other drugs)

One might ask where was the FDA. According to the Reagan/Bush doctrine they were doing their job. The FDA's job is to speed the process of getting drugs to the market. It has an added bonus, that when the drug fails or kills, It shows that the government does not work. They will even approve drugs for diseases that do not exist.