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about the potential for increased risk of muscle injury from the cholesterol-lowering medication Zocor (simvastatin....”
Simvastatin is sold as a single-ingredient generic medication and as the brand-name Zocor. It also is sold...
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caregiving.... New research from the School of Medicine indicates that simvastatin, a statin sold as Zocor, reduces... 
) versus Zocor (simvastatin alone), results showed that the Vytorin, was no better than the Zocor by itself.
Why did this study get such a big press coverage? Because Zocor costs about 4 USD at Wal... 
taking the highest approved dose of the cholesterol-lowering medication, Zocor (simvastatin) 80 mg... 
6 More Firms Cleared to Sell Generic Zocor
Six more companies have been approved to begin selling generic versions of Merck's cholesterol-lowering statin drug Zocor.
The authorizations, posted...
Statin Drugs Revisited by Jeffrey Dach MD A critical look at statin anti-cholesterol drugs. Lipitor, Zocor, Simvastatin, Pravachol, Crestor, Mevacor, etc. << MORE >>
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Zocor... suggest that use of Zocor impairs "remyelination," a process in which the fatty outer covering of nerve... 
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I recently stopped taking Zocor [a statin, like Lipitor, and the most prescribed anti-cholesterol drug]. I started... was more restful, I remained fatigued. After a year of Zocor, I was diagnosed with ADHD. Following this diagnosis... 
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to doctors who are prescribing amiodarone for their atrial fibrillation patients saying that those patients should take no more than 20 milligrams of Zocor...
heart disease than simvastatin (Zocor) alone. Consumer groups are crying fowl and New York... and other enticements to doctors for prescribing Zocor and Vioxx.
Merck thought they had seen the worst... 
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