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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

The NHS in England could save over £2bn in the next five years if doctors simply switched patients to cheaper generic cholesterol lowering drugs (statins), say two senior doctors in this week's BMJ.

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 ...