Simvastatin (Zosta (40 mg)) is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, also known as a "statin", used for lowering high cholesterol and triglycerides in certain patients with appropriate diet. It reduces the ...

Simvastatin (Simvofix (20 mg)) is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, also known as a "statin", used for lowering high cholesterol and triglycerides in certain patients with appropriate diet. It reduces ...

Since I had a stroke I have taken simvastatin tablets and I have been told not to eat grapefruit. Is the warning really for people who eat grapefruit two or three times a day? I enjoy the taste of ...

Guidelines for the use of lipid-lowering drugs vary by country and region; however, the NCEPATP III guidelines are currently more explicit and quantitative than those guiding therapy in other parts of ...

Zydus Cadila has received tentative approval from the US FDA to market simvastatin tablets, 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg and 80 mg., in the US market. The drug, a lipid lowering agent falls in the ...

GPs should switch all patients taking simvastatin 40mg and amlodipine to a lower dose of statin, or another statin altogether, because of the risk of muscle damage, recommends the medicines regulator.

The approval has been granted by the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Ezetimibe and Simvastatin tablets in the strengths of 10 mg/10 mg, 10 mg/20 mg, 10 mg/40 mg, and 10 mg/80 mg ...

Objective: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a simvastatin-to-lovastatin therapeutic conversion program. Study Design: Observational database study of a therapeuticconversion in members of ...

A considerable proportion of patients receiving HMG CoA-reductase inhibitors do not reach their treatment goals because they require larger reductions in serum LDL-C levels than many therapies can ...