Zocor
Zocor is a cholesterol medication containing Simvastatin, available as 5/10/20/40mg tablets.
- Category
- Cholesterol
- Active ingredient
- Simvastatin
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 5/10/20/40mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Zocor vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Hypercholesterolaemia · Coronary heart disease
- Therapeutic Class
- HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor
- Pharmacological Class
- Statin
- Minor Side Effects
- headache, constipation, nausea
- Moderate Side Effects
- myalgia, abdominal pain, dizziness
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- MSD
- Onset Time
- 2 weeks
- Duration
- 4–6 weeks
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 30°C.
- Drug Interactions
- grapefruit juice, amiodarone, verapamil
- Age Restrictions
- Typically for adults.
What you will receive
Zocor is the originator brand name, made by MSD. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with MSD and do not ship the original Zocor.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Simvastatin) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.