The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today is announcing safety label changes for the cholesterol-lowering medication simvastatin because the highest approved dose--80 milligram (mg)--has been ...

SHARP is the First and Only Prospective Clinical Study in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease to Show That an LDL Cholesterol-Lowering Medicine Reduced Major Vascular and Atherosclerotic Events "This ...

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced changes to the prescribing information in the United States for the ...

Ezetimibe/simvastatin (Vytorin) was associated with an increased incidence of cancer, based on a secondary analysis of the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) randomized trial (N Engl ...

Patients treated with a new investigational combination pill showed significant improvements in cholesterol, triglycerides and other key lipids that lead to heart disease. Simcor combines prescription ...

A 77-year-old man came to the family medicine clinic on May 5, 2001, with a chief complaint of worsening bilateral lower-extremity pain over four days. Physical examination revealed a negative Homans' ...

LONDON, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The SEAS (Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis) study has investigated the effects of intensive cholesterol lowering with the combination of simvastatin (40 mg ...

Patients with intermediate and mild Parkinson disease, defined by a Hoehn & Yahr stage of 3 or less, experienced an additional deterioration in motor function with simvastatin compared with placebo ...

Presenters: A to Z: Michael A Blazing, MD (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina); PRINCESS: R Scott Wright, MD (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota) These latest results, while ...

Niacin extended-release 500 mg, simvastatin 20 mg; tabs. Simcor combines the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, simvastatin, and the nicotinic acid derivative, extended-release niacin (Niaspan, also from ...