Around eight million people in the UK are on statins, and I may soon have to join them. The results of a couple of blood ...

The MS-STAT2 trial of a high-dose simvastatin has failed to slow progression of disability in patients with secondary ...

New microscopic particles could hold key to preventing cardiovascular diseases. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 ...

Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation have developed a novel nanoparticle-based therapy for obesity ...

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 ...

Simvastatin is prescribed for high cholesterol. It’s a generic medication, available as the brand-name drug Zocor. It comes as an oral tablet and an oral solution. The cost of simvastatin can ...

Objective: In order to assess the long-term (12 months) efficacy and safety of fenofibrate administered with simvastatin in the treatment of primary mixed hyperlipidaemia, we conducted a study ...

Simvastatin is superior to metformin for the treatment of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a new study. “Over the last decade, metformin became a commonly used drug in ...

Using statins for the primary prevention of VTE may slightly reduce the incidence of VTE and all-cause mortality. However, this effect is likely too weak to be considered significant. Statin use may ...

Pitavastatin is a novel statin that induces plaque regression and is non-inferior to atorvastatin and, on some measures, superior to simvastatin and to pravastatin in the elderly. Pitavastatin ...

Get detailed information on Ezetimibe and Simvastatin, including pronunciation, uses, dosage guidelines, indications, and instructions on how and when to take it and when to avoid it. The updated ...