Zocor Information
What's inside Zocor
Zocor Active Ingredients: simvastatin, details.| Zocor Dosages & Strengths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Format | Route | Strength | Class |
| Zocor 80 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Zocor 5 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Zocor 10 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Zocor 20 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Zocor 40 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
Recent Zocor Side Effects
Posted by darbysmom 18 days ago
I took Zocor for 25 days when I suddenly had such pain at night in my upper arms that I couldn't raise my arms up at all. It...
Posted by raewill about 1 month ago
I don't know if I can blame Zocor on my weak thighs--my doctor says that muscle weakness as a result of the drug should inclu...
Posted by lesbor about 1 month ago
Started taking the Zocor generic Simvistatin just 2 days ago. My legs hurt so bad that I can not sleep. My right knee is sw...
Zocor in the News
Lipitor's pitchman gets axed - International Herald Tribune
Pfizer turned to Jarvik because Lipitor, the world's best-selling drug, is losing market share to a generic version of a competing cholesterol drug, Zocor, ...
Mon Mar 10 12:13:19 -0400 2008
Drug Makers Increased Prices By Average Of 7.4% In 2007 For ... - Medical News Today (press release)
The drug with the largest price increase -- 27.7% -- was Sanofi-Aventis' sleep aid Ambien, while the price of Merck's cholesterol drug Zocor did not change. ...
Thu Mar 06 14:04:00 -0500 2008
Drug Makers Increased Prices by Average of 7.4% in 2007 for ... - Kaiser network.org
The drug with the largest price increase -- 27.7% -- was Sanofi-Aventis' sleep aid Ambien, while the price of Merck's cholesterol drug Zocor did not change. ...
Wed Mar 05 11:35:38 -0500 2008
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)
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