Comparison of simvastatin tablets from the US and international markets obtained via the internet

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 613-620

  Veronin, Michael A ^a   Nguyen, Nga T ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug importation; Internet pharmacy; Quality assurance testing

Indexed keywords

APO SIMVASTATIN; BESTATIN 20; CO SIMVASTATIN; GENERIC DRUG; NOVO SIMVASTATIN; PMS SIMVASTATIN; SIMASTIN 20; SIMI 20; SIMLIP 20; SIMLO 20; SIMVASTATIN; STARSTAT 20; ZORCED;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERNET; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET DISINTEGRATION; TABLET FORMULATION; TABLET HARDNESS; TABLET MANUFACTURE; TABLET SURFACE;

DRUG PACKAGING; DRUGS, GENERIC; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNET; RISK FACTORS; SIMVASTATIN; TABLETS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42949171797     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1K560     Document Type: Article

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