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FloLipid (simvastatin oral suspension)

type of Lipid-Lowering Agents, Statins

Flolipid (simvastatin) Oral Suspension is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) indicated as an adjunctive therapy to diet to reduce the risk of total mortality by reducing CHD deaths and reduce the risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, and the need for revascularization procedures in patients at high risk of coronary events; reduce elevated total-C, LDL-C, Apo B, TG and increase HDL-C in patients with primary hyperlipidemia (heterozygous familial and nonfamilial) and mixed dyslipidemia; reduce elevated TG in patients with hypertriglyceridemia and reduce TG and VLDL-C in patients with primary dysbetalipoproteinemia; reduce total-C and LDL-C in adult patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia; and to reduce elevated total-C, LDL-C, and Apo B in boys and postmenarchal girls, 10 to 17 years of age with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia after failing an adequate trial of diet therapy.

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • hives,
  • difficulty breathing,
  • swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
  • loss of appetite,
  • itching,
  • clay-colored stools, and
  • yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice)
  • fever,
  • tiredness,
  • weakness,
  • unusual tiredness,
  • stomach pain (upper right side),
  • unexplained muscle pain,
  • dark colored urine,
  • tenderness,
  • muscle weakness in your hips, shoulders, neck, and back,
  • trouble lifting your arms,
  • trouble climbing or standing,
The following drugs are related to FloLipid, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Trizivir (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine)
  • Axert (almotriptan malate)
  • Symmetrel (amantadine hydrochloride)
  • Amerge (naratriptan)
  • Clinimix E (amino acids with electrolytes in dextrose with calcium injection)
  • Nexlizet (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe tablets)
  • Lodosyn (carbidopa)
  • Migranal (dihydroergotamine mesylate spray)
  • Evkeeza (evinacumab-dgn for injection)
  • Vicoprofen (hydrocodone and ibuprofen)
  • Sporanox (itraconazole capsules)
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