The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE872
June 12, 1992
Pravastatin, Simvastatin, and Lovastatin For Serum Cholesterol Concentrations
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Pravastatin, Simvastatin, and Lovastatin For Serum Cholesterol Concentrations
June 12, 1992 (Issue: 872)
Pravastatin - Bristol-Myers Squibb) and simvastatin (Zocor -Merck), two new inhibitors of cholesterol synthesis similar to lovastatin (Mevacor - Merck), have now been marketed in the USA for treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Lovastatin (Medical...more
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