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How to Lower Your Herpes Prescription Costs
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert...generic equivalent called famciclovir to pharmacies. Generic drugs, by definition, contain the... Read more »
Get the Most out of Your Cholesterol Medication
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...my cholesterol". Fortunately, the availability of generic drugs may bring the price down a few... Read more »
Cholesterol-Lowering Medications Cause Pain
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert...medication that causes pain. Crestor, Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Mevacor; this group of drugs... Read more »
Statins and ezetimibe and biomarkers
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...combination of two ingredients: Zetia (ezetimibe) and Zocor (simvastatin, a statin) in the same... Read more »
Statin Rage
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertPeople seldom make me angry any more. When another driver cut me off yesterday, I didn't even flip... Read more »
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Type 1 Diabetes
...include atorvastatin (Lipitor), lovastatin (Mevacor and generics), pravastatin (Pravachol), simvastatin (Zocor and generics), fluvastatin (Lescol), and rosuvastatin (Crestor). These drugs are very... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes
...include atorvastatin (Lipitor), lovastatin (Mevacor, generics), pravastatin (Pravachol), simvastatin (Zocor, generics), fluvastatin (Lescol), and rosuvastatin (Crestor). These drugs are very... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Reducing Heart Risk Factors
...other anti-cholesterol drugs.Statins include:Lovastatin (Mevacor)Pravastatin (Pravachol)Simvastatin (Zocor)Fluvastatin (Lescol)Atorvastatin (Lipitor)Rosuvastatin (Crestor) Statins reduce the risk... Read more »Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Prevention
...for treating high cholesterol and include lovastatin (Mevacor), pravastatin (Pravachol), simvastatin (Zocor), fluvastatin (Lescol), atorvastatin (Lipitor), and rosuvastatin (Crestor). Most... Read more »Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Medications
...important of these drugs. Brands include lovastatin (Mevacor), pravastatin (Pravachol), simvastatin (Zocor), fluvastatin (Lescol), atorvastatin (Lipitor), and rosuvastatin (Crestor). A major... Read more »Images
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Generic Zocor suspected as one ingredient of new heart "polypill"
October 02, 2008A three-in-one "polypill"--aimed at reducing the financial and practical burden for patients--will launch in Spain in 2009. The pill combines a... Read summary »
Brand-name Zocor priced lower than some new generics
October 02, 2008In an effort to compete with new generic formulas, Zocor maker Merck will continue to sell the brand-name form of the drug at a reduced price for the... Read summary »
FDA approves generic Zocor
October 02, 2008The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first generic form of Zocor for treating high cholesterol. The FDA stated that the approval... Read summary »
New generic Zocor could save consumers and insurers billions
October 02, 2008New generic formulas of Zocor (simvastatin) may provide consumers and insurance companies the unique opportunity to save "billions," says the Blue... Read summary »
Brandname or generic statins? Patients should ask doctors for best option
October 02, 2008Generic versions of Pravachol and Zocor will be on sale this summer, tempting patients with lower cost alternatives to brandname drugs. According to... Read summary »
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