Zocor Information

Zocor

Lowering high cholesterol and triglycerides in certain patients. It also increases high-density lipoprotein (HDL, "good") cholesterol levels. It is used along with an appropriate diet. It is used in certain patients to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death due to coronary heart disease. It is also used to reduce the need for medical procedures to open blocked blood vessels. It is also used in certain patients to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, blood vessel blockage, or chest pain caused by angina. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.

What's inside Zocor

Recent Zocor Side Effects

Posted by roseweed 6 days ago
I just got home from the hospital with my Mom age 82 we thought she was having a heart attack, a cardiologist has been running tests for a week because she had a heart rate that would go down into the 40s at night and she would awaken feeling like someone was sitting one her chest. Her normal heart rate is 80-90. Then she also had mild chest pains. They gave her Nitro to use till the results came in. Today she almost passed out twice and the Nitro wasn't working on the chest pain so we rushed her to the hospital. All tests at the hospital came back normal except that her heart rate was getting low toward evening. Tomorrow she sees the cardiologist for the results of the tests they did including a holter monitor. Then I asked her if she had started any new medications that could have started these symptoms and it was Zocor, she started it on the 6th of January, just 2 weeks before her symptoms started, they started her on 40mg right of the bat. I told her not to take it tonight and tomorrow we will add that to what we talk to the doctor about, if they don't find any other cause, we will see how she feels in a few days and if she improves off the Med, then we'll know, and I will post again

Posted by lilypondlane 6 days ago
Hi, I am writing b/c of some of the symptoms my husband is having since he began taking zocar. Some of the symptoms he has have been outlined here, but there is one in particular I am concerned about that my husband just thinks it is b/c he is getting older. He is 58 and ever since switching from Prevastatin (where he had chest pains, black stools at times), and beginning Zocar, he has been cold--and this is a man that never ever got cold. But he is freezing most all the time-to the degree that he must take a hot bath at times to get warm. It is more than cold hands or feet. Also he falls asleep the minute he comes home and sits down. These symptoms have come upon him practically when he started Zocar. One other thing-blurry vision, pressure behind the eyes. He is self employed and totally relies upon his good health and strength. I am frightened for him. It is like he was a middle aged man-relatively robust and energetic and over the last 3 months it seems like I am living with an old man dressed in too many layers, caps, gloves, jackets-when it is only 48 to 50 degree weather. We live in Georgia! This type of weather for him in the past would have been for him to wear a long sleeved shirt. Okay I have taken enough time and space, sorry, I am just afraid and need to hear if anyone else has heard of this. Many many thanks. And God bless each one of you-may we all slow down, and figure out ways to empower ourselves and support each other in taking our health and will back from the Corporate Mind. Lily

Posted by skyatnight 11 days ago
Just started taking generic form and have icy cold hands and feet. No muscle cramps (yet) no other side-effects. Just freezing feet and hands.

Zocor in the News

Pfizer profits soar but analysts unhappy about 2010 estimates - Pharma Times
Pfizer profits soar but analysts unhappy about 2010 estimatesPharma Times... though US sales fell 6% to $1.52 billion, hit by competition from other statins, notably the generic version of Merck & Co's Zocor (simvastatin). ...and more »
Thu Feb 04 12:58:20 +0000 2010

Tailoring Trumps Targeting for Cholesterol Control - MedPage Today
Tailoring Trumps Targeting for Cholesterol ControlMedPage TodayIn the model, patients who whose five-year coronary artery disease risk was 5% to 15% received 40 mg of simvastatin (Zocor), while those whose risk was ...and more »
Tue Jan 19 14:35:15 +0000 2010

Dr. Bill Elliott: Health stories you might have missed in 2009 - Marin Independent-Journal
Dr. Bill Elliott: Health stories you might have missed in 2009Marin Independent-JournalLast year researchers reported that statins such as Zocor, Lipitor and Crestor reduce the risk of Alzheimer's in adults age 55 or older. ...
Wed Jan 27 19:50:30 +0000 2010

Zocor Chemical Information

simvastatin - A lipid-lowering agent derived synthetically from a fermentation product of the fungus Aspergillus terreus. Hydrolyzed in vivo to an active metabolite, simvastatin competitively inhibits hepatic hydroxymethyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, the enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, a key step in cholesterol synthesis. This agent lowers plasma cholesterol and lipoprotein levels, and modulates immune responses by suppressing MHC II (major histocompatibility complex II) on interferon gamma-stimulated, antigen-presenting cells such as human vascular endothelial cells. (NCI04)