Mevacor
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Mevacor
(Other name for: lovastatin)Mevacor
(Other name for: lovastatin)
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Report any muscle issues while using statin drugs Mar 27, 2006
Contra Costa Times, ...you mention. Implicated statins are lovastatin (Mevacor), simvastatin (Zocor), and possibly atorvastatin (Lipitor). The interaction ...
Grapefruit and Prescription Drugs: Mix Carefully Mar 30, 2006
PakTribune.com, In addition, widely prescribed drugs for lowering cholesterol have been added to the list -- well-known drugs such as Lipitor, Mevacor, and Zocor (but not ...
Set a daily aspirin dose not too high, not too low Mar 29, 2006
Daily Press, Researchers at Veterans Affairs and Kaiser Permanente in California determined that splitting atorvastatin (Lipitor), lovastatin (Mevacor) and simvastatin ...
Powerful Juice Mar 27, 2006
Winston-Salem Journal, For example, drugs used to lower cholesterol, such as Lipitor, Mevacor and Zocor, have increased potency when taken with grapefruit juice. ...
Cholesterol – What Is It and Are You At Risk? Mar 13, 2006
DailyIndia.com, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, ‘Statins’, such as lovastatin (Mevacor) and atorvastatin (Lipitor) are the most effective and widely used medications to ...
No Apologies for Genentech's Prices Mar 20, 2006
BusinessWeek Making a follow-on biologic is not the same thing as making generic Mevacor or Zocor, where you're recapitulating a simple chemical structure. ...
Skip the juice while taking medications Mar 21, 2006
United Press International ...discovered the effect in 1989, research has shown grapefruit juice can increase the potency of cholesterol-lowering drugs Lipitor, Mevacor and Zocor and ...
Drug may cut artery plaque Mar 17, 2006
Baltimore Sun, ...class. Others include ovastatin (Mevacor), pravastatin (Pravachol), simvastatin (Zocor) and atorvastatin (Lipitor). AstraZeneca ...
Deadlines Approaching For Medicare Part D Users Mar 21, 2006
KDKA, ...available -- say for cholesterol lowering drugs. For example, perhaps Lipitor, and Mevacor, but not Zocor. From now on, you are ...
Grapefruit might not help fat loss, but it could lower cholesterol Mar 12, 2006
Houston Chronicle, Grapefruit can interact with dozens of drugs, including some very popular cholesterol-lowering medications (Lipitor, Mevacor and Zocor). ...
ABBOTT STATEMENT ON ADVANCING PEDIATRIC HIV TREATMENT IN ... Mar 13, 2006
ITNews, Lopinavir/ritonavir should also not be taken with rifampin, also known as Rimactane(R), Rifadin(R), Rifater(R), or Rifamate(R), Flonase(R), Mevacor(R), Zocor(R ...
Abbott Statement on Advancing Pediatric HIV Treatment in ... Mar 13, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release) Lopinavir/ritonavir should also not be taken with rifampin, also known as Rimactane®, Rifadin®, Rifater®, or Rifamate®, Flonase®, Mevacor®, Zocor® or ...
Anti-obesity drug may go OTC Dec 20, 2005
Asbury Park Press, ...up.". This past January, an FDA advisory panel voted 20-3 against recommending approval of OTC Mevacor, a cholesterol-lowering drug. ...
Jury gets teachers' Rx case Dec 15, 2005
Cincinnati Enquirer, ...ship" - supplied 18 percent of the name drugs sold by Medco to retirement system members, including Medco's top three sellers in 1997 - Zocor, Mevacor and Vioxx ...
Some juice, drugs not a good mix Nov 27, 2005
Los Angeles Times, Grapefruit juice can raise blood levels of some cholesterol-lowering drugs, including Lipitor, Zocor and Mevacor (lovastatin), and increase the risk of side ...
Countries Consider Challenges and Benefits of Rx-To-OTC Switches ... Dec 12, 2005
Yahoo! News (press release) Prime switch candidates in the cholesterol reducer category for the US market include Merck's Zocor and Mevacor and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pravachol, according ...
Merck issues plant-closing notices as it trims 7,000 workers Nov 29, 2005
Newsday, Kirkland. The plant makes medicines for high blood pressure and other heart problems, including Mevacor, Prinivil and Vasotec. Spokeswoman ...
Merck plants in US, Canada on cost-cut list Nov 29, 2005
Reuters ...year, the report said. The plant makes an older cholesterol drug, Mevacor, and two treatments for high blood pressure. Rose said she ...
Merck adds UK, Japan plants to cost-cut list Nov 30, 2005
Reuters ...of this year. The Kirkland plant makes an older cholesterol drug, Mevacor, and two treatments for high blood pressure. Merck on ...
Merck Frosst Canada to eliminate 235 jobs from Montreal plant by ... Nov 28, 2005
CBC News, The drug brand names made at Kirkland include Prinivil, Prinzide, Vasotec, Vasoretic and Mevacor, used to treat high blood pressure and heart problems. ...
Merck to axe 7,000 jobs, 235 in Canada Nov 28, 2005
Globe and Mail, The three main drugs manufactured in Canada -- Mevacor, Vasotec and Prinivil -- have either lost their patents or will in the next a couple of years. ...
Merck to Cut Workers in Ga., Pa., Canada Nov 29, 2005
Brocktown News, Kirkland. The plant makes medicines for high blood pressure and other heart problems, including Mevacor, Prinivil and Vasotec. Merck ...
UW pharmacy professors publish doctors' guide to drug interactions Nov 30, 2005
uwnews.org, For example, if a patient is taking either Zocor or Mevacor, both "statin" drugs used to lower cholesterol, the guide tells the health care provider to be ...
Kline Develops Interactive Models to Generate Drug Switch ... Nov 30, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), Other components provide Kline's sales forecasts for the overall market and for specific branded drugs, including Mevacor, Pravachol, Zocor, Lipitor, and Lescol ...
Physicians and Pharmacists See Advantages for OTC Statin Option ... Dec 5, 2005
Yahoo! News (press release) ..."Our analysts are projecting OTC revenues of more than $500 million in 2007, based largely on switch revenues from Mevacor and Pravachol.". ...
Choosing Mom's new drug benefit gave me a headache Nov 17, 2005
Boston Globe, If Mom took Lipitor (the most commonly prescribed drug in the country), she would need to know that Mevacor and Lipitor are in the same class, although not ...
48-Week Clinical Trial Data Provides Information Regarding ... Nov 18, 2005
Yahoo! News (press release) ...not be taken with the following medicines: ergot medicines, Versed®, Halcion®, Orap®, Propulsid®, Camptosar®, Crixivan®, Mevacor®, Zocor®, rifampin, St ...
48-Week Clinical Trial Data Provides Information Regarding ... Nov 18, 2005
Biotech Intelligence (press release), ...should not be taken with the following medicines: ergot medicines, Versed(R), Halcion(R), Orap(R), Propulsid(R), Camptosar(R), Crixivan(R), Mevacor(R), Zocor(R ...
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