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Study: Lipitor beats generic Zocor for lowering hospital costs
October 02, 2008
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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 »
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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 »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 »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 »Medications
Simvastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin". It is... Read more »
Simvastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin". It is... Read more »
Simvastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin". It is... Read more »
Simvastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin". It is... Read more »
Simvastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin". It is... Read more »
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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 »
Crestor maker will not lower prices to compete with new generic Zocor
October 02, 2008Executives at AstraZeneca, the company that makes Crestor, say they have "no plans" to cut prices on the cholesterol-lowering drug in the face of... Read summary »
Lipitor more effective than generic Zocor, study finds
October 02, 2008Drugmaker Pfizer says that a recent analysis of insurance data found that patients who took Lipitor had a 14-percent reduction in the risk of... Read summary »
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 »
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 »
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