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New Simvastatin Dosing Recommendations
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • Aug 08, 2011 (Issue 1370)
with other drugs.1 Simvastatin
is available alone (Zocor, and others) and in combination
with ezetimibe (Vytorin ...
The FDA has announced changes in the labeling of simvastatin to reduce the risk of myopathy. These changes include limiting the use of the 80-mg maximum dose to patients who have been taking it for 12 months or more without evidence of myopathy and new recommendations for use of simvastatin with other drugs. Simvastatin is available alone (Zocor, and others) and in combination with ezetimibe (Vytorin) and with niacin (Simcor).
What about Niacin?
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • Nov 28, 2011 (Issue 1378)
mg/day and, if needed, ezetimibe
(Zetia) 10 mg/day to lower their LDL-C to the range
of 40-80 mg/dL ...
The results of the AIM-HIGH trial conducted by the US
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) were
recently published. The goal of the trial was to test
whether addition of niacin to intensive statin therapy
would further reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The trial was stopped prematurely after an average
follow-up of 3 years because niacin therapy had
not shown any clinical benefit.
Cholesterol Rethink for High-Risk Patients
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • May 10, 2004 (Issue 1182)
a statin with another LDL-lowering drug,
such as ezetimibe (Zetia), colesevelam (Welchol) or niacin ...
The recent "PROVE IT" trial in patients with coronary heart disease showed clinical benefits associated with reducing LDL cholesterol concentrations lower than the 100 mg/dL (2.59 mmol/L) or less that had been considered optimal.