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Brand names: Lovastatin, Mevacor, Altoprev
Statin agent
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11 documented side effects by frequency
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Hello Pharmacy Fam :) I’ve seen some conflicting published studies showing that pravastatin has much less of an effect on ALT, when compared to atorvastatin in comparable dosages. Obviously this is dependent on the patient… etc etc. But I couldn’t find anything comparing pravastatin or atorvastatin
Edit!: Correction - I took a 1/3 daily dose of a supplement that contains statins... My title meant to be specifically *prescription* statins... and, the supplement at 0.4% Monacolin K per serving and me only taking 1/3 a serving... that works out to 400mg \* 0.004 / 3 = 0.5mg dose of lovastati
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My name is john and I’m/was a 320lb 46 year old type 2 diabetic. Here is my story, On the 4/13/2015 I got a call from my doc (really a nurse practitioner) and said my A1C was 10.2 and I needed a specialist. It had never been that high. When I ate like crap it only got up to 8.something. I had just
I've been trying to figure it out. It has a note of Hawaiian punch, that white yellow pineapple gummy bear and its almost but not quite minty to me. A coworker said it reminded her of the smell of your pockets/pouch that had pencil shavings in it. But there's something major that I can't place. Help
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