Zocor Patient Info

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Zocor - Patient Info [simvastatin]

Information for Patients

Patients should be advised about substances they should not take concomitantly with simvastatin and be advised to report promptly unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness (see list below and WARNINGS, Myopathy/ Rhabdomyolysis). Patients should also be advised to inform other physicians prescribing a new medication that they are taking ZOCOR.

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