Pharmacy News Pharmacies are being advised to delay the processing of scripts for rosuvastatin until their software is updated, following the PBS listing of new brands of the drug. The Department of Health and Ageing issued a news update today advising of the PBS ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release) At least four in every ten Australians over the age of 65 are taking a cholesterol-lowering medicine, with statins such as atorvastatin , si...
Medical Xpress More than 40% of Australians over 65 take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, which include atorvastatin (marketed as Lipitor), simvastatin (marketed as Zocor) and rosuvastatin (marketed as Crestor). Common side effects from statins include ...
Health24.com In the current study, three-quarters of the participants were taking simvastatin (brand name Zocor) and about 20% were taking atorvastatin (Lipitor). Smal...
Pharmacy Times The study included patients aged 66 or older who began taking statins ( atorvastatin , fluvastatin, lovastatin, rosuvastatin, or simvastatin) for the first time between August 1997 and March 2010 and had no history of diabetes at the time. More than half ...
Doctor Tipster Statistics show that more than 40% of Australians over 65 take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins: atorvastatin, simvastatin, rosuvastatin and ot...
WebMD Smaller numbers were prescribed pravastatin (Pravachol), rosuvastatin (Crestor), fluvastatin (Lescol) or lovastatin (Mevacor). View Article Sources. SOURCES: Ishak Mansi, M.D., VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas; Gregg Fonarow, M.D, professor, ... and more »
MedPage Today About 34% of statin users had been prescribed maximal doses: 80 mg/day of simvastatin, atorvastatin , and pravastatin, or 40 mg/day of rosuvastatin. Based...
