The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today is announcing safety label changes for the cholesterol-lowering medication simvastatin because the highest approved dose--80 milligram (mg)--has been ...

Simvastatin (Zosta (40 mg)) is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, also known as a "statin", used for lowering high cholesterol and triglycerides in certain patients with appropriate diet. It reduces the ...

Munich, Germany - The Z phase of the Aggrastat to Zocor (A to Z) study has shown disappointing results [1]. Treatment with high-dose simvastatin (Zocor ®, Merck) failed to show a significant reduction ...

Ezetimibe/simvastatin (Vytorin) was associated with an increased incidence of cancer, based on a secondary analysis of the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) randomized trial (N Engl ...

Simvastatin (Simvofix (20 mg)) is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, also known as a "statin", used for lowering high cholesterol and triglycerides in certain patients with appropriate diet. It reduces ...

Patients with intermediate and mild Parkinson disease, defined by a Hoehn & Yahr stage of 3 or less, experienced an additional deterioration in motor function with simvastatin compared with placebo ...

In early June 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a drug safety communication on the 80-mg dose of simvastatin because of an increased risk for muscle toxicity. Medscape interviewed ...

Niacin extended-release 500 mg, simvastatin 20 mg; tabs. Simcor combines the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, simvastatin, and the nicotinic acid derivative, extended-release niacin (Niaspan, also from ...

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of simvastatin in erectile dysfunction (ED) secondary to endothelial dysfunction. This study is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical ...