Zocor (simvastatin) is now approved to lower triglycerides

January 1998

    Zocor (simvastatin) is now approved to lower triglycerides...in patients who also have high cholesterol.

    When we think of statins to lower triglycerides, we usually think of Lipitor (atorvastatin). But ALL statins lower triglycerides...some more effectively than others.

    Lipitor lowers triglycerides up to 40%...depending on the dose. Zocor lowers triglycerides up to 30%.

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