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what is 'simvastatin'?
Definition for Simvastatin - Simvastatin
Simvastatin ( INN ) (pronounced /?s?mv?stæt?n/ ), (marketed under the trade names Zocor , Simvastatin, Simlup, Simcard and others) is a hypolipidemic drug belonging to the class of pharmaceuticals called " statins ".
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Simvastatin ( INN ) (pronounced /?s?mv?stæt?n/ ), (marketed under the trade names Zocor , Simvastatin, Simlup, Simcard and others) is a hypolipidemic drug belonging to the class of pharmaceuticals called " statins ". It is used to control hypercholesterolemia (elevated cholesterol levels) and to prevent cardiovascular disease . Simvastatin is a synthetic derivate of a fermentation product of Aspergillus terreus .
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atherosclerosis
hardening of arteries
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peripheral vascular disease
narrowing of blood vessels and restricting blood flow
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Simvastatin and peripheral vascular disease
focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
type of chronic kidney disease
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Simvastatin and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
xanthoma
deposits of fatty material in multiple areas
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membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
type of chronic kidney disease
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Simvastatin and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
hypercholesterolemia
high cholesterol
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Simvastatin and hypercholesterolemia
membranous glomerulonephritis
type of chronic kidney disease with inflammation of internal kidney structures
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Simvastatin and membranous glomerulonephritis
Tangier disease
inherited reduction of HDL
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Simvastatin and Tangier disease
familial hypercholesterolemia
inherited disorder causing high blood cholesterol
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dyslipoproteinemia
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familial combined hyperlipidemia
inherited disorder causing increased cholesterol and triglycerides
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Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome
genetic multisystem disorder with small head and mental retardation
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Simvastatin and Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome
hyper IgD syndrome
inherited disorder with periodic fever
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atorvastatin
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cholestyramine
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fenofibrate
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fenofibrate(tricor)
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fluvastatin
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gemfibrozil(lopid )
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lovastatin
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lovastatin(mevacor)
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niacin
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pravastatin
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simvastatin(zocor )
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simvastatin (Zocor) - drug class, medical uses, medication side effects ...
Read about the medication simvastatin (Zocor) a cholesterol- lowering drug used ... PRESCRIBED FOR: Simvastatin is used for reducing total cholesterol, LDL ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/simvastatin/article.htm
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Simvastatin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simvastatin (INN) (pronounced /?s?mv?stæt?n/), (marketed under the trade names ... Simvastatin is a synthetic derivate of a fermentation product of Aspergillus ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simvastatin
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Zocor (Simvastatin) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects, Drug ...
Learn about the prescription medication Zocor (Simvastatin), drug uses, dosage, side effects, drug interactions, warnings, and patient labeling.
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Simvastatin Information from Drugs.com
Simvastatin is a cholesterol-lowering medication that blocks the production of cholesterol. ... In rare cases, simvastatin can cause a condition that results ...
http://www.drugs.com/simvastatin.html
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Simvastatin - Yahoo! Health
Before taking simvastatin, tell your doctor if you have diabetes, underactive thyroid, kidney disease, a muscle disorder, or a blood disorder:
http://health.yahoo.com/cholesterol-medications/simvastatin/...
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Drug Information for Simvastatin Oral - WebMD
Find medical information for Simvastatin Oral including side effects, drug interactions, images and pictures, medication uses, warnings, user ratings and reviews.
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-6105-Simvastatin+Oral.aspx?d...
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MedlinePlus Drug Information: Simvastatin
Simvastatin ... tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to simvastatin or any other medications. ... will probably tell you not to take simvastatin. ...
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Simvastatin (Oral Route) - MayoClinic.com
Mayo Clinic offers award-winning medical and health information and tools for healthy living. ... Simvastatin is used together with a proper diet to treat high ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR601991/M...
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Simvastatin: Drug Information Provided by Lexi-Comp: Merck Manual ...
... ENHANCE trial which evaluated the effects of simvastatin (Zocor®) and ezetimibe/simvastatin (Vytorin®) on carotid-artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) in ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/lexicomp/simvastatin.html
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simvastatin medical facts from Drugs.com
Physician reviewed simvastatin patient information - includes simvastatin description, dosage and directions. ... Simvastatin reduces low-density lipoprotein ...
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/simvastatin.html
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Zocor - Simvastatin - Zocor or Simvastatin Lowers Cholesterol
Simvastatin, or Zocor, is a cholesterol-lowering drug that belongs to the statin ... Like other statins, simvastatin affects all aspects of your cholesterol profile: ...
http://cholesterol.about.com/od/simvastatinzocor/p/simvastatin.htm
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Vytorin (Ezetimibe and Simvastatin) Drug Information: Uses, Side ...
Learn about the prescription medication Vytorin (Ezetimibe and Simvastatin), drug uses, dosage, side effects, drug interactions, warnings, and patient labeling.
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/vytorin_ad.htm
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SIMVASTATIN - ORAL (Zocor) side effects, medical uses, and drug ...
Read more about the prescription drug SIMVASTATIN - ORAL. ... PRECAUTIONS: Before taking simvastatin, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/simvastatin-oral/page2.htm
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Ezetimibe/simvastatin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ezetimibe/simvastatin (pronounced /??z?t?m?b ?s?mv??stæt?n/) is a drug ... Simvastatin is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor or statin. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezetimibe/simvastatin
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Simvastatin Side Effects | Drugs.com
Comprehensive and accurate Simvastatin side effects information for consumers and healthcare professionals. ... side effects for Simvastatin may not be ...
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ZOCOR
... therapy with gemfibrozil increases simvastatin exposure. ... Simvastatin, like other statins, occasionally causes myopathy ... with simvastatin should be ...
http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/z/zocor/zocor_pi.pdf
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Ezetimibe/Simvastatin (Oral Route) - MayoClinic.com
Mayo Clinic offers award-winning medical and health information and tools for healthy living. ... (Calan(R), Verelan(R)) together with ezetimibe/simvastatin, ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR600405/METHOD=print
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simvastatin Glossary of Terms with Definitions on MedicineNet.com
simvastatin glossary includes a list of simvastatin related medical definitions and related ... simvastatin Index. simvastatin, Zocor Glossary of Terms ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/simvastatin/glossary.htm
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Simcor (Simvastatin Niacin Extended Release) Drug Information: Uses ...
Learn about the prescription medication Simcor (Simvastatin Niacin Extended Release), drug uses, dosage, side effects, drug interactions, warnings, and patient labeling.
http://www.rxlist.com/simcor-drug.htm
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Simvastatin - PubChem Public Chemical Database
PubChem Compound Summary ... Simvastatin - Substance Summary (SID 7847500) ... After oral ingestion, simvastatin, which is an inactive lactone, is hydrolyzed ...
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?sid=7847500
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Ezetimibe and simvastatin - Yahoo! Health
Ezetimibe and simvastatin is only part of a complete program of treatment that ... the most important information I should know about ezetimibe and simvastatin? ...
http://health.yahoo.com/cholesterol-medications/ezetimibe-an...
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LDL-cholesterol lowering effect of a generic product of simvastatin ...
Simvastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, is listed as an essential drug for ... One of them, simvastatin, has been included in Thailand's National Drug ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=65514
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Simvastatin Official FDA information, side effects and uses.
Accurate, FDA approved Simvastatin information for healthcare professionals and patients - brought ... Since Simvastatin undergoes extensive first-pass ...
http://www.drugs.com/pro/simvastatin.html
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simvastatin
... cholesterol lowering with simvastatin on mortality and ... The relative risk of death in the simvastatin group was 0.70 (95% CI 0.58-0.85, p = 0.0003) ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7968073
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Simvastatin and Niacin (Oral Route) - MayoClinic.com
Mayo Clinic offers award-winning medical and health information and tools for healthy living. ... Simvastatin and niacin combination is used together with a ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR602615/METHOD=print
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ezetimibe and simvastatin (Vytorin) - medication uses, drug ...
Vytorin is a combination of ezetimibe (Zetia) and simvastatin (Zocor) that is used for treating high levels of cholesterol in the blood.
http://www.medicinenet.com/guide.asp?s=rss&a=41732&k=ezetimibe_Specialty
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Simcor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Approval for Simcor (Niaspan / simvastatin), a Novel Combination Medicine for ... fda-approval-simcor-niaspan-simvastatin-novel-combination-medicine-comprehe nsive ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niacin/simvastatin
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Simvastatin facts and comparsions at Drugs.com
All about Simvastatin. View complete and up to date Simvastatin information - part of the Drugs.com trusted medication database.
http://www.drugs.com/cdi/simvastatin.html
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Drug Information for Vytorin 10-20 Oral - WebMD
Find medical information for Vytorin 10-20 Oral including side effects, drug interactions, images and pictures, medication ... drugs, ezetimibe and simvastatin. ...
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-91444-Vytorin+10-20+Oral.asp...
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Simvastatin patient advice including side effects
Comprehensive and trusted information about Simvastatin - plus advice on 24,000 other FDA approved drugs and medications from Drugs.com.
http://www.drugs.com/pdr/simvastatin.html
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Niacin extended-release/simvastatin.
Niacin extended-release (ER)/simvastatin is a once-daily, fixed-dose combination ... Compared with simvastatin monotherapy, there was no significant difference in ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18973399
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EZETIMIBE/SIMVASTATIN - ORAL (Vytorin) side effects, medical uses, and ...
Read more about the prescription drug EZETIMIBE/SIMVASTATIN - ORAL. ... Simvastatin is an enzyme blocker (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), also known as a " ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/ezetimibesimvastatin-oral/article.htm
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Statin - Wikipedia
Explains the uses and activity of the class of drugs that lower the LDL cholesterol in a patient.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statin
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niacin and simvastatin medical facts from Drugs.com
Physician reviewed niacin and simvastatin patient information - includes niacin and simvastatin description, dosage and directions.
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/niacin-and-simvastatin.html
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Drug Information for Vytorin 10-40 Oral - WebMD
Find medical information for Vytorin 10-40 Oral including side effects, drug interactions, images and pictures, medication ... drugs, ezetimibe and simvastatin. ...
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-91445-Vytorin+10-40+Oral.asp...
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Statins: Cholesterol Lowering Drug Information on RxList
Read about the side effects and drug interactions of statins (cholesterol ... to lowering LDL, followed by simvastatin (Zocor) and pravastatin (Pravachol) ...
http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=92461
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Simvastatin consumer information from Drugs.com
Simvastatin patient information. ... However, atorvastatin, lovastatin, and simvastatin have been used in a limited ... taking atorvastatin and simvastatin : ...
http://www.drugs.com/cons/simvastatin.html
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Atorvastatin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
8.3 Pfizer fight against simvastatin alternative. 8.4 Advertisements withdrawn. 9 References ... Simvastatin patients should avoid drinking large amounts of ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipitor
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Simvastatin/Niacin facts and comparsions at Drugs.com
All about Simvastatin/Niacin. View complete and up to date Simvastatin/Niacin information - part of the Drugs.com trusted medication database.
http://www.drugs.com/cdi/simvastatin-niacin.html
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simvastatin (Zocor) - drug class, medical uses, medication side effects ...
Read about cholesterol and related information. Learn how to lower your LDL cholesterol levels, and food and diet related to good cholesterol health.
http://www.medicinenet.com/simvastatin/index.htm
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Drug Information for Vytorin 10-10 Oral - WebMD
Find medical information for Vytorin 10-10 Oral including side effects, drug interactions, images and pictures, medication ... drugs, ezetimibe and simvastatin. ...
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-91443-Vytorin+10-10+Oral.asp...
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PMID 17825687
... g/d to simvastatin 40 mg/d in hypertriglyceridemic patients: an 8-week, ... P-OM3 plus simvastatin was associated with significant reductions in TG (29.5 ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17825687
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Effects of regular consumption of grapefruit juice on the ...
Simvastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, is widely used in the treatment of ... of simvastatin also show pharmacological activity. Simvastatin is usually ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1884539
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Zetia Hysteria on Yahoo! Health
For treating high LDL cholesterol, I think it makes sense to prescribe the ... It also suggests that ezetimibe is as safe as simvastatin in this population. ...
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/yourhealth/580/zetia-hysteria/
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ezetimibe and simvastatin medical facts from Drugs.com
Physician reviewed ezetimibe and simvastatin patient information - includes ezetimibe and simvastatin description, dosage and directions.
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/ezetimibe-and-simvastatin.html
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Cholesterol Lowering Drug - Statin - Simvastatin - Zocor
Simvastatin (brand name: Zocor) is a cholesterol-lowering drug that belongs to the statin class of drugs. ... Simvastatin is the first cholesterol drug to go ...
http://cholesterol.about.com/od/simvastatinzocor/Simvastatin_Zocor.htm
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Drug Information for Ezetimibe-Simvastatin Oral - WebMD
Find medical information for Ezetimibe-Simvastatin Oral including side effects, drug interactions, images and pictures, medication uses, warnings, user ratings and ...
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-91437-Ezetimibe-Simvastatin+...
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ezetimibe and simvastatin Glossary of Terms with Definitions on ...
ezetimibe and simvastatin glossary includes a list of ezetimibe and simvastatin related medical definitions and related links on MedicineNet.com
http://www.medicinenet.com/ezetimibe_and_simvastatin/glossary.htm
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Simvastatin orally disintegrating tablet Official FDA information, side ...
Accurate, FDA approved Simvastatin orally disintegrating tablet information for healthcare professionals and patients - brought to you by Drugs.com.
http://www.drugs.com/pro/simvastatin-orally-disintegrating-tablet.html
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Complete Ezetimibe/Simvastatin information from Drugs.com
All about Ezetimibe/Simvastatin. View complete and up to date Ezetimibe/Simvastatin information - part of the Drugs.com trusted medication database. ... Simvastatin ...
http://www.drugs.com/ppa/ezetimibe-simvastatin.html
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