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Drug interactions thawhorn and simvastin
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
Cholesterol: The drug begins working within hours of absorption but it is weeks to begin to see the lipids begin to decrease.
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Rheumatology 54 years experience
Yes: It should have it maximum effect on lipids over a period of 3-6 weeks.
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
Zocor (simvastatin): No it does not.
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Dr. Bennett Werneranswered
Cardiology 46 years experience
Extremely safe: About 1 in 100,000 can get serious liver injury or rhabdomyolysis. These are the only serious long term side effects. There is a slightly increased in... Read More
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
Statin: Glucose intolerance, impaired exercise training and muscle aches have all been reported.
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Dr. Thomas Nameyanswered
Rheumatology 50 years experience
Not reported.: If it occurs, probably another cause, not the simivistatin. I could find only one citation on simvistatin and cutaneous vasculitis, a case report of ... Read More
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A 69-year-old male asked:
Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
53 years experience
Statins: There are several studies:
doi: 10.1183/09031936.02.00258802
erj march 1, 2002 vol. 19 no. 3 577-580
statin-induced fibrotic nonspecific intersti... Read More
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Dr. Nancy Mellowanswered
Internal Medicine 46 years experience
None that I know of: I have not heard of any drug interactions between those two medications.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Horacio Capoteanswered
Specializes in Psychiatry
Pretty Safe: The fda has conducted extensive safety testing before allowing any medication on the market. That means they consider it safe for the general populat... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Alvin Linanswered
Geriatrics 32 years experience
Go see your doctor: Zocor (simvastatin) & other statins are not associated w/chronic cough, at least not to same extent as ACE inhibitors, which are used to lower blo... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Werneranswered
Cardiology 46 years experience
No: There are no reported interactions.
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A 58-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bennett Werneranswered
Cardiology 46 years experience
See below: Norvasc increases zocor (simvastatin) levels thus the maximum recommended dose of zocor (simvastatin) when also taking Norvasc is 20 mg but you're oka... Read More
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