zocor

Written by aliraza at June 10, 2011

Not exactly news that Zocor, parents age, the first statin approved by the FDA in 1991, appears to be riskier than other statins, particularly high-end dose of 80 mg per day. The FDA itself warns against “security warning” last year. At that time, let the agency found that the study of approximately 1% of patients taking 80 milligrams a day muscle damage. Saami study included 6,000 patients with more than 20 milligrams of Zocor a day, only one of them developed muscle problem.

The FDA now says no doctors should be given 80 milligrams of Zocor will be given if the patient has a one year course without problems. But not all Agraeans This warning goes far enough.

“We believe that the dose of 80 milligrams taken off the market,” said Dr. Michael Caroma Deputy Director of Public Citizen Health Research Group, Consumer Group. Notes that high doses Caroma not seem to be much more effective than lower doses. “But the more you drink, the greater the risk,” I say.

Since its discovery in 1980, statins have a similar drug-again off-again reputation miracle. Certainly, it can reduce heart attack, especially for people who have heart disease. If you had a heart attack, the dog, cut the risk of attack by about one-third seconds.

However, cardiovascular disease is complex and not a drug dog Protecta. The last two-year study found that treating heart attack patients early and aggressively with statins reduce Weitere heart problems, but nearly 15% of patients experienced a heart attack to return to the hospital, or died before the trial has was completed.

The FDA could have moved more quickly to an alert sound, simvastatin, says James Backes, associate professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Kansas. But at least the message is now available. “There are safer and more effective statins out there, I said.” Be careful with these drugs