A 36-year-old member asked:
do you need a prescription for mevacor (lovastatin)?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
Mevacor (lovastatin): Yes, Mevacor (lovastatin) requires a prescription.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
What if any are the side effects of mevacor (lovastatin)?
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Dr. Mila McManusanswered
Family Medicine 21 years experience
MANY....: Statin drugs such as Mevacor (lovastatin) are way overprescribed &cause muscle weakness, cramps, and weakness, but also cause joint pain, mental slowing, depression, aggressive behavior, and are now implicated in causing cancers, alzheimers, parkinsons disease. Be sure you are taking coq10 100-200mg a day while on a med like this. Read "the great cholesterol con". Huge controversy that most don't know about.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
What is mevacor (lovastatin) side effects.?
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Dr. Luis Villaplanaanswered
Internal Medicine 35 years experience
Muscle pain, muscle: Weakness, liver enzyme abnormalities, and potentially liver failure and massive muscle damage. Those are at least the ones you need to discuss with your doctor and keep him aware if you develop symptoms, especially muscle weakness.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
What are the side effects of lovastatin?
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Dr. Mark Sternanswered
Cardiology 46 years experience
Muscle and liver: Usually nothing, but occasionally muscle pains , or liver irritation, and rarely muscle damage.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
What is lovastatin used for?
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Dr. Christopher Whiteanswered
Cardiology 43 years experience
Lower cholesterol: A member of the "statin" family drugs (atorvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin, etc) that effectively lower cholesterol by turning off liver production.
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A 64-year-old female asked:
I have been having severe headaches since i started taking lovastatin, could this be a side effect?
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Dr. Idan Sharonanswered
Neurology 28 years experience
LOVASTATIN: It is not clear.
If this is the case, you should ask your physician to stop it and see if the headaches resolve.
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