Side Effects Of Simvastatin
Heart Disease, Thyroid Disease, and Statins: New Links, New Solutions
It should be no secret that heart disease is inextricably linked to thyroid disease, especially hypothyroidism caused by such maladies as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (a condition I suffer from).
A recent study of 25,000 people recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has confirmed that sub-clinical hypothyroidism (those with supposedly normal TSH test results) is positively linked to fatal heart disease in women. However, there were not enough cardiac deaths to extend this conclusi...
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Expert & Community Posts
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Health Guide
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
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...use of high blood pressure drugs known as ACE inhibitors may help prevent tolerance to nitrates.Side Effects. Nitrates have many side effects, some of which can be serious.Common side effects of... Read more »
Medications
Simvastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin". It is... Read more »
...SIMVASTATIN - ORAL Pronounced: (SIM-va-STAT-in) Side Effects Stomach upset may occur. If this... Read more »
This medication is a combination of two drugs, ezetimibe and simvastatin. It is used along with a... Read more »
Simvastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a "statin". It is... Read more »
...Pronounced: (eh-ZET-ih-mibe/SIM-vuh-stat-in) Side Effects Headache may occur. If this effect... Read more »
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