The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that the use of drugs that contain 80 mg of simvastatin – the highest approved dose of the popular cholesterol – lowering statin – be sharply curtailed ...

Are you taking Simvastatin? Are you aware of the dangers of combining Simvastatin with certain foods, herbs, or alcohol? Drug-food-interactions are seldom discussed but can lead to undesirable side ...

March 19, 2010 — Simvastatin (Zocor, Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals), used at the highest approved dose of 80 mg, is associated with an increased risk for myopathy, including rhabdomyolysis, ...

Data from an open-label, fixed-sequence study showed that although sacubitril inhibited organic anion-transporting polypeptides (OATP)1B1 and OATP1B3 in vitro, this did not translate to any clinically ...

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 ...

Simvastatin could be an effective therapy for portal hypertension, according to a study by Abraldes and colleagues, which shows that the drug decreases portal hypertension and improves liver perfusion ...

Liver transplant recipients who received livers from donors treated with simvastatin (FloLipid) had a higher rate of graft survival at 3 months and 6 months, a researcher said. In a randomized phase ...

Get detailed information on Simvastatin and Sitagliptin, including pronunciation, uses, dosage guidelines, indications, and instructions on how and when to take it and when to avoid it. The updated ...

Simvastatin is prescribed for high cholesterol. It’s a generic medication, available as the brand-name drug Zocor. It comes as an oral tablet and an oral solution. The cost of simvastatin can vary, ...

Researchers writing in the journal NeuroToxicology (March 2026) report that rosuvastatin affects the function of brain cells called microglia.

Q: After my doctor prescribed simvastatin, I gradually began to lose my libido. I didn't realize that this medication was responsible, but after I dumped the drug because of severe muscle pain, my sex ...