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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a trade name for
simvastatin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks
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Examples
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The trial was named the ENHANCE trial, and possibly this trial was initiated because Zocor is generic now, and not a priority from a profit paradigm of its creator.
Ghostbusters aka TBTAM 2008
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Zocor is a multi-result drug and I am not sure that the holistic Nopales Cactus would do that for you.
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WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration is recommending limits on the use of cholesterol-lowering medication simvastatin, commonly known as Zocor, marketed by Merck & Co., because the drug is associated with a risk of muscle injury.
FDA Urges Limits on Dosages of Zocor Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration is recommending limits on the use of cholesterol-lowering medication simvastatin, commonly known as Zocor, marketed by Merck & Co., because the drug is associated with a risk of muscle injury.
FDA Urges Limits on Dosages of Zocor Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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The drug combines the active ingredient in Merck & Co .'s diabetes drug Januvia with the another Merck drug, Zocor, which is designed to lower high cholesterol.
FDA Approves Merck Diabetes-Cholesterol Drug Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Simvastatin is available as a generic and sold under the brand name Zocor by Merck
Abbott's TriCor Underperforms in Diabetes Test Peter Loftus 2010
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Vytorin is simply Zetia combined with a statin called Zocor, which is now available in generic form as simvastatin.
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Simvastatin is available as a generic and sold under the brand name Zocor by Merck
Abbott's TriCor Underperforms in Diabetes Test Peter Loftus 2010
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Simvastatin is available as a generic and sold under the brand name Zocor by Merck
Abbott's TriCor Underperforms in Diabetes Test Peter Loftus 2010
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In 2004, when Merck's brand of simvastatin, known as Zocor, was about to go off patent, Merck teamed up with Schering-Plough to produce a new patented product called Vytorin, a combination of simvastatin and Zetia.
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