Simvastatin WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Simvastatin
Simvastatin is the generic version of the brand name Zocor. It is a cholesterol-lowering medication that blocks the production of cholesterol in the body. Lowering your cholesterol can help prevent heart disease and hardening of the arteries, conditions that can lead to heart attack, stroke, and vascular disease. Simvastatin is the first drug shown to reduce the total death rate by reducing LDL concentrations in people with coronary heart disease.
Fast Facts:
- In rare cases, simvastatin can cause kidney failure.
- Do not use simvastatin if you are pregnant.
- Do not take simvastatin if you have liver disease or if you are breast-feeding.
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Latest Headlines on Simvastatin
What is Simvastatin?
- RxList: Zocor (Simvastatin) Description
- RevolutionHealth: What is Zocor (Simvastatin)?
- Mayo Clinic: Simvastatin (Oral Route) Description
- eMedTV: What is Simvastatin?
What Are The Uses for Simvastatin?
- MedlinePlus: How Should Zocor (Simvastatin) be Used?
- Wikipedia: Simvastatin Uses
- MedicineNet: Simvastatin Uses
- Mayo Clinic: Simvastatin (Oral Route) Proper Use
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Simvastatin?
- RxList: Zocor (Simvastatin) Side Effects
- MedlinePlus: What Side Effects can Zocor (Simvastatin) Cause?
- Wikipedia: Simvastatin Side Effects
- MedicineNet: Simvastatin Side Effects
- eMedTV: Simvastatin Side Effects
What are the Holistic and Alternatives to Simvastatin?
- Mayo Clinic: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Alive: Cholesterol, High
- WebMD: Cholesterol-Lowering Foods
- GrannyMed: Home Remedies for Cholesterol
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Simvastatin
- BetterHealthyLife: How Zocor (Simvastatin) can Lower Your Cholesterol
- Yahoo Answers: Anyone have Experience with Side Effects of Zocor (Simvastatin)?
- DailyStrength: Zocor (Simvastatin) for High Cholesterol Discussions
- HealthBoards: Help! Do I Really Need to Go on Zocor (Simvastatin)?
Abuse of Simvastatin
- RxList: Zocor (Simvastatin) Overdose
- MedicineNet: Simvastatin Overdose
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Simvastatin
- PubMed Central: Simvastatin Journal Articles
- JAMA: Simvastatin Journal Articles
- Google Scholar: Simvastatin Journal Articles
Clinical Trials for Simvastatin
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Simvastatin Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Simvastatin Clinical Trials
About this WisdomCard
- Contributor: Joann Mitchell
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Joann Mitchell
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Simvastatin (Zocor), Simvestatin (zocor), Simvestatine (zocor), Semvastatin (Zacor), Samavastatin (Zicor), Simvastaten (zorcor)
- Last update: Jun. 14, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
