The Zocor's not a magic bullet," he says.
Does this mean start popping pistachios instead of Zocor?
He made it back down to the ground--and tossed out the Zocor.
Instead, he requested the little, pink,
shield-shaped tablet that he knew would solve everything--Zocor.
While using Zocor, you may need frequent blood tests at your doctor's office.
Today, thanks to the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor, Bailey's score has plummeted to 153,
nearly a 50 percent drop.
Last year, patients(or their insurance companies)
spent $4.2 billion on Zocor, making it the second-biggest-selling prescription drug in America.
Then, a year later, he went back for a physical--and this time,
he came home with a prescription for Zocor.
At his next appointment, his blood tests were normal,
and his doctor expressed doubt that the Zocor could have caused his problems.
Prescribed for: Ezetimibe/simvastatin(Vytorin) is a combination of ezetimibe(Zetia) and simvastatin(Zocor) that is used for treating high
levels of cholesterol in the blood.
Treatments include cholesterol-lowering statin drugs(for example, Lipitor, Crestor or Zocor) and making changes in lifestyle, such
as reducing their consumption of trans fats.
On 23 June 2006, Ranbaxy received from the United States Food & Drug Administration a
180-day exclusivity period to sell simvastatin(Zocor) in the US as a generic drug at 80 mg strength.
Here's what Bailey's doctor knew: Zocor and other HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitors--statins--have proved
tremendously effective at cutting cholesterol levels, especially levels of deadly low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol, which has been firmly linked to heart disease.