Mevacor Information
What's inside Mevacor
Mevacor Active Ingredients: lovastatin, details.| Mevacor Dosages & Strengths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Format | Route | Strength | Class |
| Mevacor 20 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Mevacor 10 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Mevacor 40 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
Recent Mevacor Side Effects
Posted by pam817 over 6 years ago
none
Mevacor in the News
The Cholesterol Con -- Where Were the Doctors? - AlterNet
which blew the lid off the theory that "statins" -- drugs like Lipitor, Crestor, Mevacor, Zocor and Pravachol -- can cut the odds that you will die of a ...
Fri Feb 29 03:05:41 -0500 2008
Merck settles with feds and states for $649M - San Antonio Business Journal
Those drugs included Mevacor and Zocor, for high cholesterol, and Vioxx, a pain medicine that has since been withdrawn from the market. ...
Fri Feb 08 03:22:00 -0500 2008
Merck to pay out $671 million in fraud settlement - LocalNews8.com
Merck is alleged to have dealt underhandedly with the medications Zocor, Mevacor, Vioxx and Pepcid. A nationwide investigation sparked by a ...
Thu Feb 07 18:23:29 -0500 2008
Mevacor Chemical Information
lovastatin - A lactone metabolite isolated from the fungus Aspergillus terreus with cholesterol-lowering activity and potential antineoplastic activity. Lovastatin is hydrolyszed to the active beta-hydroxyacid form, which competitively inhibits 3-hydroxyl-3-methylgutarylcoenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, an enzyme involved in the cholesterol biosynthesis. In addition, this agent may inhibit tumor cell proliferation and reduce tumor cell invasiveness, thereby decreasing tumor metastatic potential; induce tumor cell apoptosis, possibly by inhibiting protein geranylgeranylation and; arrest cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle, an effect that sensitizes tumor cells to the cytotoxic effects of ionizing radiation. (NCI04)
Mevacor RSS Feed
