[8] compared rates of achieving ATP II LDL-C goals in 3916 hypercholesterolemic patients on atorvastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin (Pravachol; Bristol-Myers Squibb, New York ...

Renal excretion of the absorbed dose of statin is 13% for simvastatin, 10% for lovastatin, 20% for pravastatin, 2% for atorvastatin, <6% for fluvastatin, and 33% for cerivastatin. Statins are best ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that causes the immune system, which normally fights infection, to attack healthy joints. This produces inflammation in the joints, resulting in pain, swelling ...

Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...

Statins known to interact with grapefruit juice include simvastatin, atorvastatin, and lovastatin. Statins are metabolized through CYP3A4 enzymes. Taking a statin with grapefruit will lead to ...

which can be achieved by 10-mg atorvastatin, 10-mg rosuvastatin, 20- to 40-mg simvastatin, 40-mg pravastatin, 40-mg lovastatin, and so forth. Lipid-lowering therapy has been shown to be as ...

atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, lovastatin, mevastatin, fluvastatin, cerivastatin, aggressive lipid lowering, chronic kidney disease, chronic renal disease, chronic ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I am a 74-year-old woman who has been on 40 mg of atorvastatin for years. During the past year or two, I started feeling tired all the ...

Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, also called statins, are commonly prescribed medications that lower serum cholesterol and decrease cardiac morbidity and mortality.