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Simvastatin is used along with a proper diet to help lower "bad" cholesterol and fats (such as LDL, triglycerides) and raise "good" cholesterol (HDL) in the blood. Atorvastatin is used along with ... read more

Need a Statin for Primary Prevention? There’s an App for That

The technology is part of a broader push to make rosuvastatin 5 mg available OTC, a push that’s felled other statins before. read more

Are You Taking the Right Treatment For Your High Cholesterol?

Larger statin doses raise those risks. So does taking a statin, particularly simvastatin, in combination with certain other drugs, including: The cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe (Zetia ... read more

High-Dose Simvastatin and Rhabdomyolysis

Simvastatin-induced rhabdomyolysis is uncommon but well documented. [3] Among all other causes, simvastatin was associated with the greatest number of rhabdomyolysis cases reported to FDA between ... read more

Simvastatin might be an effective therapy for portal hypertension in cirrhosis

Simvastatin could be an effective therapy for portal hypertension, according to a study by Abraldes and colleagues, which shows that the drug decreases portal hypertension and improves liver ... read more

Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS)

Accordingly, the goal of SEAS, a double-blind, randomized controlled trial, was to investigate whether aggressive lipid lowering with ezetimibe/simvastatin 10/40 mg daily in asymptomatic AS ... read more

Reaching a utopia where heart attacks become a rarity

DO NOT despair if your bad cholesterol (also termed as low density lipoprotein or LDL cholesterol) remains in the high risk zone despite your best efforts at lifestyle changes. There are effective ... read more

Codexis gets grant for engineered acyltransferase for synthesizing statin compounds

Discover how Codexis Inc's patented acyltransferases revolutionize statin synthesis. Enhanced catalytic activity and innovative methods for producing simvastatin. read more

Should children take statin drugs to lower their cholesterol?

Lipids play a role in brain development, and at least two statins, simvastatin (Zocor and generics) and lovastatin (Altoprev, Mevacor, and generics) can cross the blood-brain barrier and could ... read more

Cardizem Cd

Calcium channel blocker (CCB) (benzothiazepine). 120 mg: Light turquoise blue/light turquoise blue capsule imprinted with “cardizem CD 120 mg” on body. Supplied in 30- and 90-count bottles. read more

Effects of Dietary Cholesterol and Simvastatin on Cholesterol Synthesis in Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome

Both high-cholesterol diets given to ameliorate cholesterol deficiency while decreasing 7-DHC and cholesterol-enriched diets plus simvastatin to further decrease sterol synthesis have been used as ... read more