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By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...other drugs known as statins, such as Lipitor and Zocor. Because of this similarity, those with... Read more »
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...fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Mevacor), pravastatin (Pravachol), rosuvastatin (Crestor) and simvastatin (Zocor). The voluntary withdrawal of cerivastatin (Baycol), a statin linked to about... 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 »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 »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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Price check: Zocor
October 02, 2008A comparison of current prices for Zocor via online U.S. drug distributors. Read summary »
Israeli firm to market generic version of Zocor
October 02, 2008Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva says it has received tentative approval from the FDA to market a generic version of Zocor. Merck & Co.'s patent... Read summary »
Zocor may help save lives in the fight against bird flu
October 02, 2008Early research suggests that simvastatin (Zocor) may help fight the life-threatening respiratory symptoms caused by the avian flu. In a study on... Read summary »
New combo cholesterol med heads to the FDA
October 02, 2008Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories has filed an application with the Food and Drug Administration for Simcor. Simcor is a new cholesterol med that... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Comparison of Zocor and torcetrapib/Lipitor combination
October 02, 2008This is a study to compare the effectiveness of Zocor to a combination of torcetrapib and Lipitor in adults with high cholesterol. This national... Read summary »
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