Sep 9, 2011 – FDA is asking health care professionals not to start patients on 80 mg simvastatin , the most potent generic statin, because of the risk of muscle .

Jun 8, 2011 – FDA is asking health care professionals not to start patients on 80 mg simvastatin , the most potent generic statin, because of the risk of muscle .

Jun 8, 2011 – The current recommendation is not to start simvastatin at 80mg and only to continue taking the 80mg if you "have been taking this dose for 12 .

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FDA warns about increased risk of myopathy with 80 mg simvastatin. Posted on March 19, 2010 by Larry Husten. The FDA said today that it was informing the .

Jun 19, 2011 – Tim Ulbrich, assistant professor of pharmacy at Northeast Ohio Medical University, holds a bottle of simvastatin 80 mg pills at the Rootstown .

The main function of Simvastatin 80mg is to reduce the production of cholesterol that is done by the liver. For those who do not know, cholesterol is divided into .

Jun 10, 2011 – The Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings on the prescription of Simvastatin, citing association between the 80 mg version of the .

Mar 19, 2010 – WASHINGTON -- Increasing simvastatin (Zocor) to 80 mg a day increases the risk of myopathy, including rhabdomyolysis, according to an FDA .

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Jun 13, 2011 – Widely prescribed: The FDA says those on 80 mg of simvastatin, including Zocor, for less than a year should switch drugs. EnlargeClose .

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Jun 9, 2011 – Nissen says the agency should have taken 80-mg simvastatin off the market . The FDA says it will monitor use of 80-mg simvastatin over the .

Jun 8, 2011 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is placing limits on the use of medicine containing 80 mg of simvastatin—the highest approved dose .

Jun 10, 2011 – Highest Simvastatin Dosage Linked To Potentially Fatal Rhabdomyolysis Muscle Injury And Kidney Failure (Posted by Tom Lamb at .

Jun 9, 2011 – The FDA has notified healthcare professionals that it is recommending limiting the use of Zocor (simvastatin; Merck) 80mg because of an .

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Jun 8, 2011 – The branded statins, like Lipitor and Crestor are at least as effective as simvastatin 80 mg, but cost far more, and simvastatin has seemed to be .

Aug 25, 2011 – Restricted Use of 80 mg Simvastatin: Effective in June 2011 the FDA recommends limiting the dose of simvastatin to a maximum dose of 40 mg, .

Jul 8, 2011 – The review showed that the risk of muscle injury with simvastatin 80mg was greater than with lower doses of simvastatin or other statins. .

Jun 8, 2011 – Do you take Simvastatin? It is recommended that people with diabetes take a statin to reduce the risk of heart attacks. If you are on one, please .

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced restrictions on the use of the highest approved dose of simvastatin - 80 mg/day - because.

Jun 10, 2011 – Only people who have already been taking the 80mg simvastatin for more than twelve months may continue using it because the risk of .

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Simvastatin Oral Tablet 80 mg - Visit Kaiser Permanente online for access to the Drug Encyclopedia. Find information and resources on Simvastatin Oral Tablet .

Jul 13, 2011 – Of the five different simvastatin strengths available, 80 mg simvastatin tablets are the highest strength. This eMedTV article offers simvastatin .

Tablets ZOCOR (simvastatin) 80 mg are brick red, capsule-shaped, film-coated tablets, coded 543 on one side and 80 on the other. No. 8360 — Tablets ZOCOR .

Jun 8, 2011 – Zocor/Simvastatin 80mg dose side effect is severe muscle injury(myopathy) states FDA. Lawsuits are being evaluated if you took the .

Jul 8, 2011 – Specifically they say that “Simvastatin 80mg should NOT be started in new patients, including patients already taking lower doses of the drug”. .

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Jun 28, 2011 – wtf is going on with simvastatin 80mg? i know there was talk about it somewhere of a recall, but now when i process claims, there are a lot more .

Jun 8, 2011 – The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that the use of drugs containing 80 mg of simvastatin—the highest approved dose of the .

10 mg, Fluvastatin (Lescol ®): 80 mg, Lovastatin (Mevacor ®): 40 mg. Pravastatin (Pravachol ®): 40 mg, Rosuvastatin (Crestor ®): 5 mg, Simvastatin (Zocor ®): .

Jun 8, 2011 – The agency is recommending that simvastatin 80 mg be used only in patients who have been taking this dose for 12 months or more and have .

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Jul 18, 2011 – Patients taking simvastatin 80 mg daily have an increased .

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Jun 8, 2011 – In the SEARCH trial—the basis for the FDA review—52 patients taking the 80-mg dose developed myopathy compared with one patient treated .

Tablets Chemical Name: SIMVASTATIN (SIM-va-stat-in). Common uses for Simvastatin Simvastatin 80mg is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor or "statin" used in .

Jun 8, 2011 – The highest approved dose of simvastatin -- 80 mg -- should be used only in those patients who have already been taking it for at least 12 .

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Jun 9, 2011 – The highest approved dose (80 mg) of the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin, is tied to higher risk of myopathy or muscle injury, including its .

Simvastatin is a powerful lipid-lowering drug that can decrease low density lipoprotein (LDL) levels by up to 50%. It is used in doses of 5 mg up to 80 mg. Higher .

Tablets ZOCOR (simvastatin) for oral administration contain either 5 mg, 10mg, 20 mg, 40 mg or 80 mg of simvastatin and the following inactive ingredients: .

Jun 9, 2011 – The FDA said it would recommend curtailing use of drugs containing 80 mg of simvastatin — the highest dosage approved by the FDA. .

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