Fluvastatin: Efficacy and safety in reducing cardiac events

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1883-1895

  Chan, Mark Y ^a   Lee, Chi Hang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Fluvastatin; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics; Safety

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN; ATORVASTATIN; BEZAFIBRATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLESTYRAMINE; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOCHROME P450 2C9; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; EZETIMIBE; EZETIMIBE PLUS SIMVASTATIN; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUINDOSTATIN; GEMFIBROZIL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MEVINOLIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TIROFIBAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MONOTHERAPY; MYOPATHY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INDOLES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 25444522969     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.6.11.1883     Document Type: Review

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