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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
Provided by: The Canadian Press Written by: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially...
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FDA Warns About Increased Risk Of Muscle Injury With Zocor
The U.S.Food and Drug Administration warned patients and healthcare providers about the potential for increased risk of muscle injury from the cholesterol-lowering medication Zocor (simvastatin) 80 mg. Although muscle injury (called myopathy) is a known...
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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
NEW YORK - The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage. The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are...
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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
NEW YORK _ The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage. The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are...
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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
NEW YORK - The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage. The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are...
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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are known to cause muscle damage in some patients, but the risk is more severe when patients are taking 80-milligram doses of Zocor, which is the highest FDA-approved dose.The side-effects include rhabdomyolysis, a...
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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
NEW YORK - The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage. The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are...
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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
NEW YORK - The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage. The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are...
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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
NEW YORK - The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage. The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are...
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Study cites Zocor risks
Reed/Bloomberg Mercks Zocor may put some patients at greater risk for muscle injury when taken at the highest approved dose, U.S.regulators said as part of a review of widely used cholesterol medicines. The risk of muscle harm includes the most serious...
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Study cites Zocor risks
Reed/Bloomberg Mercks Zocor may put some patients at greater risk for muscle injury when taken at the highest approved dose, U.S.regulators said as part of a review of widely used cholesterol medicines. The risk of muscle harm includes the most serious...
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FDA: Merck's Zocor Associated With Increased Risk Of Muscle Injury
3/20/2010 7:57 AM ET RELATED NEWS Trade MRK now with TOP MARKET NEWS (RTTNews) - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned patients and healthcare providers that Merck & Co.Inc.'s (MRK: News ) highest approved dose of cholesterol-lowering...
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FDA issues warning for Zocor
NEW YORK (AP) The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage.The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are known...
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FDA Warns Of Greater Muscle Risk From Zocor
Warning Applies To Highest Available Dose NEW YORK -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage.The...
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FDA Warns About Increased Risk of Muscle Injury with Zocor
Highest approved dose of cholesterol-lowering medication could cause harm to muscles SILVER SPRING, Md., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.Food and Drug Administration today warned patients and healthcare providers about the potential for increased...
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Highest approved dose of Zocor could cause harm to muscles, FDA warns
Highest approved dose of cholesterol-lowering medication could cause harm to muscles The U.S.Food and Drug Administration today warned patients and healthcare providers about the potential for increased risk of muscle injury from the cholesterol-lowering...
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FDA issues warning for high doses of Zocor
Regulatory Last Updated: 2010-03-19 16:04:47 -0400 (Reuters Health) * FDA sees greater muscle risk with high-dose Zocor * Warning is part of FDA review of statin risks WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Patients on the highest approved dose of the cholesterol-lowering drug...
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Feds warn of risks in component of Abbott's Simcor
NEW YORK -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage.The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are known...
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High doses of cholesterol drug may raise muscle injury risk, FDA warns
SILVER SPRING,Md.(Mar. 19) Patients taking a common drug for treating high cholesterol may be at increased risk of muscle injury, the Food and Drug Administration warned Friday. The FDA warned patients and healthcare professionals of the risk of muscle...
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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
NEW YORK - The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage. The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are...
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Muscle, kidney damage risk reported from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor
NEW YORK - The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage. The agency said statin drugs like Zocor are...
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FDA Warns of Greater Muscle Risk From Zocor
FDA reports higher muscle and kidney damage risk from ingredient in Zocor, Vytorin and Simcor The Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the highest available dose of Zocor, a component in cholesterol drugs, can cause muscle damage...
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FDA Warns About Increased Risk of Muscle Injury with Zocor
Highest approved dose of cholesterol-lowering medication could cause harm to muscles SILVER SPRING, Md., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.Food and Drug Administration today warned patients and healthcare providers about the potential for increased...
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Simvastatin associated with increased risk for muscle injury
The FDA warned patients and health care providers today about the potential for rhabdomyolysis, a serious form of myopathy, in patients prescribed higher doses of simvastatin.Although myopathy is a known adverse event with statins, the risk may be greater...
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FDA Warns About Increased Risk of Muscle Injury with Zocor
Highest approved dose of cholesterol-lowering medication could cause harm to muscles SILVER SPRING, Md., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S.Food and Drug Administration today warned patients and healthcare providers about the potential for increased...
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