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Zocor

American  
[zoh-kawr] / ˈzoʊ kɔr /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of simvastatin.


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Statins, like Lipitor and Zocor, emerged as powerful antidotes starting in the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 8, 2025

All were already taking a statin such as Lipitor or Zocor to lower cholesterol.

From Washington Times Nov. 10, 2018

A. I think that the importance of statins — like Lipitor, Zocor and Crestor — tends to be greatly over-exaggerated.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2017

The potent statins now making up the therapeutic arsenal – including Zocor, Lipitor, Crestor and Pravachol – work by reducing the amount of cholesterol produced by the liver.

From US News Aug. 12, 2014

They showed that Vytorin, a combination of the generic cholesterol drug Zocor and the newer medicine Zetia, did not reduce ultrasound readings of thickness in the neck artery any more than Zocor alone.

From Forbes Feb. 14, 2013

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