Use another simvastatin product to initiate dosing in such patients
Last updated on Dec 7, 2023
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Simvastatin is used along with a proper diet to help lower "bad" cholesterol and fats (such as LDL, triglycerides) and raise "good" cholesterol (HDL) in the blood
Simvastatin is a cholesterol-lowering drug that can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke
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And it can also lower the risk of heart attack or stroke in certain people
It belongs to a group of medications called statins
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A generic drug is an exact copy of the active drug in a brand-name medication
ZOCOR® (simvastatin) 9556651 3 active and total HMG-CoA reductase inhibitory activity [using a validated enzyme inhibition assay different from that used in the first2 study, both before (for active inhibitors) and after (for total inhibitors) base hydrolysis] of 1
USES: Simvastatin is used along with a proper diet to help lower "bad" cholesterol and fats (such as LDL, triglycerides) and raise "good" cholesterol (HDL) in the blood
Myopathy sometimes takes the form of rhabdomyolysis with or without acute renal failure secondary to myoglobinuria, and rare fatalities have occurred