Rosuvastatin has the same side effect profile as other statin drugs such as Lipitor (atorvastatin) or simvastatin: rare muscle aches, infrequent usually ...
Statins, the class of cholesterol drugs that includes simvastatin (generic Zocor), Lipitor and Crestor, have been proved to prevent heart attacks and ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Paul Donohue - 5 minutes ago
The ones most heard about are the statin drugs, drugs with names like Crestor, Pravachol, Zocor, Lipitor and Lescol. None of them was available 50 years ago ...
Statins, the class of cholesterol drugs that includes simvastatin (generic Zocor), Lipitor and Crestor, have been proved to prevent heart attacks and ...
U.S. News & World Report (blog) - Steven E. Nissen - Jan 14, 2010
For patients needing more cholesterol reduction than simvastatin provides, there are two more potent statins, Lipitor and Crestor, but these are not ...
(In both NCEP III strategies statins would be used in a stepwise fashion -- 20 mg simvastatin, 40 mg simvastatin, 40 mg atorvastatin, and, finally, ...
Several studies released this year already have given us new insight into the best use of statin medications (which includes drugs such as Lipitor, Crestor, ...
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