It is used in some people to lower the chance of heart attack, stroke, and certain heart procedures
To use the suspension: Measure the oral liquid medicine with the provided oral dosing syringe
Your dose will depend on why you need the medicine, your cholesterol levels, and other medicines you're taking
This medicine may help prevent medical problems (eg, heart or blood vessel problems, heart attacks, or strokes) caused by clogged blood vessels
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If you are taking diltiazem (Cardizem®), dronedarone (Multaq®), or verapamil (Calan®, Isoptin®, Verelan®) together with simvastatin, your simvastatin dose should not be higher than 10 milligrams (mg) per day, unless otherwise directed by your doctor
Never take this medicine in larger amounts, or for longer than
This medicine may help prevent medical problems
Do not open capsules, or break or chew tablets, before taking the medicine
Statins lower the blood level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol
️ Simvastatin should be taken once a day at night
It is a semi-synthetic derivative of lovastatin, the first FDA-approved statin
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St John's wort, a herbal medicine taken for depression, reduces the level of simvastatin in your blood, so it does not work as well
It belongs to a group of drugs To use: Open the capsule and empty the contents into a 60-milliliter (mL) catheter syringe
Attach the syringe to a nasogastric tube and deliver the contents into the stomach
They achieve this by blocking a key enzyme in the liver that makes cholesterol and by turning on mechanisms in liver cells to remove LDL cholesterol from the blood
Simvastatin 20mg tablets are used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular diseases
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Who can and cannot take it
But many people taking statins tend to eat more calories and fat compared to people who aren’t taking statins
An 80 mg daily dosage of simvastatin tablets USP is restricted to patients who have been taking simvastatin tablets USP 80 mg daily
Simvastatin is a specific inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, an early and rate limiting step in the biosynthetic pathway for cholesterol
In patients taking amlodipine concomitantly with simvastatin, the dose of simvastatin should not exceed 40 mg/day (see Section 4
Simvastatin helps lower cholesterol production and reduce dyslipidemia-associated complications
Some should be taken at night, but others can be taken anytime
In patients with CHD or at high risk of CHD, Simvastatin Oral Suspension can be started simultaneously with diet
Do not take double or extra doses if you miss a dose
Maximum dose: 40 mg orally once a day in the evening