Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Statins primarily work by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA ...

Edmonton – Adding ezetimibe to atorvastatin significantly boosted the attainment of lipid targets as specified by both Canadian and European guidelines in elderly patients aged 65 and older and the ...

Ezetimibe/simvastatin: 10/10 mg, 10/20 mg, 10/40 mg, and 10/80 mg. Atorvastatin: 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, and 80 mg. The primary end point of the study was the percent change from baseline to the end of ...

Auckland, New Zealand - The New Zealand government has decided to stop reimbursing atorvastatin (Lipitor ®, Pfizer), forcing 30000 patients to switch to generic simvastatin. The New Zealand ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — In the STOP-CA trial, prophylactic atorvastatin therapy reduced the occurrence of ...

Thousands of bottles of a popular and widely used cholesterol drug are being voluntarily recalled for "failed dissolution specifications," which suggests the drugs did not properly dissolve at a ...

The use of high-intensity statin therapy in acute MI patients has more than doubled over a recent 4-year period, a time in which one of the world’s most popular medications came off patent, according ...

Neurocognitive Outcomes Decades After Treatment for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report From the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study We conducted a phase II trial to evaluate the safety and ...

Adding ezetimibe to atorvastatin significantly boosted the attainment of lipid targets as specified by both Canadian and European guidelines in elderly patients aged 65 and older and the combination ...