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Lovastatin is used for lowering the cholesterol and it is preventing
cardiovascular diseases. Brand name of the lovastatin is Advicor. It
is in the class named statins. The Food and Drug administration
based in US generally known as FDA has approved this lovastatin drug
in august 16 in 2007. FDA has produced its approval for niacin
extended release lovastatin tablets for the manufacturing company
named KOS pharmaceuticals, Inc. The niacin extended release tablets
are approved for the treatment of cholesterol and the members of the
FDA realized the side effects of this lovastatin.
The FDA announced its detailed report after many researches and
clinical trials. The members realized that the medicine is capable
to treat some diseases and they also understand the side effects
like myopathy and rhabdomyosis of this medicine. A myopathy patient
will be subjected to muscle pain, tenderness, and weakness. The
application number of the lovstatin is 21-249. The FDA reported that
the usage of this medicine causes to serious skeletal diseases. The
manufacturing companies are producing different types of tablets
including 500 mg/20mg, 750mg/ 20mg, and 1000mg/ 20 mg.
These tablets are able to treat the primary hypercholesterolemia and
mixed dyslipidemia. The FDA has approved the lovastatin for the
treatment of TG lowering or HDL raising and LDL lowering. They have
realized that the tablets are safe and effective. They identified
the positive result of the medicine and nowadays the drugs are
producing good sale.
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