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‘Zocor’ is indicated as an adjunct to diet to reduce elevated levels of total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, apolipoprotein B and triglycerides in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia including heterozygous end homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, or combined (mixed) hyperlipidemia when the response to diet and other measures have been inadequate.
The risk of rhabdomyolysis is increased by the concomitant use of ‘Zocor’ with drugs that have a significant inhibitory effect on cytochrome P450 3A4 at therapeutic doses (such as cyclosporine, mibefradil, itraconazole, ketoconazole, erythromycin, clarithromycin and nefazodone), or with fibric acid derivatives or niacin.
In this multicenter, randomized, double- blind, placebo-controlled study ‘Zocor’ reduced the risk of death by 30%, of CHD death by 42%, and of having a hospital-verified non-fatal myocardial infarction by 37%.
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Your doctor may prescribe Zocor in addition to a cholesterol-lowering diet if your blood cholesterol level is too high, and if you have been unable to lower it by diet alone.
Zocor is usually prescribed only if diet, exercise, and weight-loss fail to bring your cholesterol level under control.
Since Zocor may cause damage to muscle tissue, be sure to tell your doctor of any unexplained muscle tenderness, weakness, or pain right away, especially if you also have a fever or feel sick.
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ZOCOR, along with a healthy diet, significantly reduced the risk of a heart attack A heart attack occurs when part of the blood circulation that feeds the heart is blocked.
ZOCOR, along with a healthy diet, is proven to significantly reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with diabetes, including those with normal cholesterol and normal blood sugar.
ZOCOR is a prescription tablet and isn’t right for everyone, including women who are nursing or pregnant or who may become pregnant, and anyone with liver problems.
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 Drug Resource Center - Zocor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
ZOCOR is a prescription drug that is indicated as an addition to diet for many patients with high cholesterol.
For patients at high risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) because of existing heart disease, diabetes, vascular disease, or history of stroke, ZOCOR is indicated along with diet to reduce the risk of death by reducing coronary death; reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke; and reduce the need for revascularization procedures.
Zocor, with 2002 sales of $5.6 billion, is one of the most potent and best-selling statins, although its sales in Europe are declining due to generic competition.
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Zocor is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor or "statin" used in combination with a low-cholesterol and low-fat diet to lower cholesterol (LDL) and triglyceride levels and to raise good cholesterol (HDL) levels in your blood.
Zocor may also be used in certain adolescent patients, age 10 to 17 years, who have a genetically caused cholesterol problem.
Zocor may also be used in certain patients to reduce the risk of blood vessel blockage, heart attack, stroke, and death due to heart disease.
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ZOCOR is a prescription drug that is indicated as an addition to diet for many patients with high cholesterol when diet and exercise are inadequate.
ZOCOR should not be used by patients who are allergic to any of its ingredients.
ZOCOR should be used with caution in patients who consume large amounts of alcohol.
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Zocor is used to reduce the total amounts of cholesterol, LDL (bad) cholesterol, triglycerides (another type of fat), and apolipoprotein B (a protein needed to make cholesterol) in your blood.
Zocor (Zocor) is also used to increase the level of HDL (good) cholesterol in your blood.
Zocor is in the FDA pregnancy category X. This means that Zocor is known to cause birth defects if it is taken during pregnancy.
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ZOCOR is indicated to reduce elevated LDL-C and TG levels in patients with Type IIb hyperlipidemia (where hypercholesterolemia is the major abnormality).
The recommended dosage for patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is ZOCOR 40 mg/day in the evening or 80 mg/day in 3 divided doses of 20 mg, 20 mg, and an evening dose of 40 mg.
Because ZOCOR does not undergo significant renal excretion, modification of dosage should not be necessary in patients with mild to moderate renal insufficiency.
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In the ZOCOR Survival Study, the number of patients with more than one liver enzyme level elevation to greater than 3 times the normal upper limit was no different between the ZOCOR and placebo groups.
The active ingredient of ZOCOR did not cause birth defects in rats at 6 times the human dose or in rabbits at 4 times the human dose.
ZOCOR is a registered trademark of Merck & Co., Inc. The other brands listed are trademarks of their respective owners and not of Merck & Co., Inc.
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Mevacor, Zocor, and Pravachol are all members of the HMG Co A reductase enzyme inhibitor family of cholesterol-reducing drugs.
Zocor was launched in the United States in January of 1992.
Zocor's popularity grew in 1995 after the FDA approved it as a product to save lives and to prevent heart disease in patients who already suffered a heart attack (the 4S study).
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Zocor™ and Vytorin are cholesterol-lowering drugs belonging to a class of drugs known as "statins".
The national health care monitoring organization Public Citizen has reported that, based on their exhaustive analysis of FDA data on Zocor™ or Vytorin, the drug is responsible for many cases of serious muscle degeneration, as many cases as caused by all other statins combined.
If Zocor™ or Vytorin has caused you or a loved one significant physical damage, you may be entitled to a large compensatory award.
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Typically, generics cost 30% to 50% less than the equivalent brand-name drugs, so switching patients from Zocor, with $4.4 billion in sales last year, to generic simvastatin could result in savings of more than a billion dollars a year.
Zocor's patent expires Thursday night, and three generic versions are expected to enter the market Friday.
As a result of the deal with Merck, Heady says, his company is lowering Zocor's co-payment from $25 to $10, while the co-payment for the generic will be $50.
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Clinical studies revealed, for example, that at starting doses Zocor has LDL (bad) cholesterol lowering that is not significantly different than its major competitor and is more effective at raising HDL (good) cholesterol at higher doses.
Zocor is the best-selling of the five drugs we consider our key drivers for growth.
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Zocor should be used in addition to diet to modify cholesterol levels after diet and other non-drug measures have failed to achieve target levels.
In patients with high cholesterol and coronary heart disease (CHD), Zocor is indicated to help save lives by reducing coronary mortality, and to help prevent heart attacks, strokes or mini-strokes and coronary revascularization procedures such as bypass and angioplasty.
Zocor should not be used by anyone allergic to any of its components, with liver disease, or by women who are pregnant, breast-feeding or likely to become pregnant.
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Lipitor outperformed Zocor on several fronts such as lowering cholesterol and preventing nonfatal heart attacks.
These events totaled 463 in the Zocor patients and 411 in the Lipitor patients, a difference that was not statistically significant.
He said many of the doctors prefer using the high dose of Lipitor to the lower doses of Zocor, though, and health insurers will have a tough time pushing the latter because effectiveness is more important to physicians than cost.
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Brand names: Zocor®, Zocor Heart Pro®, marketed by the pharmaceutical company Merck and Co. and Denan (Germany), Liponorm, Sinvacor, Sivastin (Italy), Lipovas (Japan), Lodales (France), Zocord (Austria and Sweden), Zimstat, Simvahexal and Lipex (Australia) and other.
The primary US patent for Zocor expired on June 23, 2006; Ranbaxy Laboratories (at the 80-mg strength) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries thru its Ivax Pharmaceuticals unit (at all other strengths) were given approval by the FDA to manufacture and sell simvastatin as a generic drug with 180-day exclusivity.
Zocor had an original patent expiration date of January 2006 but was extended by the United States Federal Drug Administration (FDA) o expire on June 23, 2006.
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Zocor is not a cheap drug by any means,” he said.
The maker of Zocor, Merck, lost its 20 year protection, which that means other companies can now make a cheaper, generic form of the drug.
Decaro said Zocor going generic means more people will now be able to afford the drug.
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After one year, patients on Zocor and niacin alone saw their HDL increase by an average of 25%, while HDL levels rose by an average of 18% among patients on the medications plus antioxidants.
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Zocor, also known as simvastatin, is a cholesterol lowering medication manufactured by Merck & Co. Zocor belongs to the statin family of cholesterol drugs and is considered a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor.
All statins increase a patient's chances of developing myositis and rhabdomyolysis, potentially fatal conditions that cause muscle pain and muscle deterioration and may lead to kidney failure.
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