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Fluvastatin is a
member of the
statin drug class, used to
treat hypercholesterolemia and to
prevent cardiovascular disease. It was
patented in 1982 and...
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There are
various forms of statins, some of
which include atorvastatin,
fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin...
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reductase inhibitors including simvastatin,
simvastatin acid, lovastatin,
fluvastatin,
atorvastatin and
cerivastatin inhibit the
metabolism of mexazolam, but...
- use in high‐risk patients. Atorvastatin,
fluvastatin, lovastatin, and
pravastatin are
alternatives fluvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin...
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similar effectiveness at
lowering low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol as
fluvastatin but
evidence indicates that
pravastatin may not be as
effective as other...
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tighter binding to the HMGR enzyme.
Statins that
belong to this
group are:
Fluvastatin (Figure 3)
Cerivastatin Atorvastatin Rosuvastatin Lovastatin is derived...
- simvastatin, atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, pravastatin, lovastatin, or
fluvastatin), 138 had
developed generalized myasthenia gravis, 13 had
developed ocular...
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lymphoblastic leukemia Lamisil (terbinafine)
Fungal infections Lescol (
fluvastatin)
Hypercholesterolemia 665 2007 −8%
Lioresal (baclofen)
Spasticity Lotrel...
- less
fully investigated drugs may
provide symptom relief. Statins, e.g.
fluvastatin,
while not
evaluated in large-scale double-blind studies, are reportedly...
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Competitive inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase, such as lovastatin, atorvastatin,
fluvastatin, pravastatin, simvastatin, rosuvastatin, and pitavastatin,
inhibit the...
