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  • noun a trade name for simvastatin.

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  • noun an oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks

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Examples

  • 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

  • Zocor is a multi-result drug and I am not sure that the holistic Nopales Cactus would do that for you.

    statin meds in Mexico 2005

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Vytorin is simply Zetia combined with a statin called Zocor, which is now available in generic form as simvastatin.

    What you should know about Vytorin and Zetia 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Zetia: Down for the count? 2008

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