The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE923
May 27, 1994
Fluvastatin for Lowering Cholesterol
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Fluvastatin for Lowering Cholesterol
May 27, 1994 (Issue: 923)
Fluvastatin (Lescol - Sandoz), an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, was recently marketed in the USA for treatment of hypercholesterolemia. A synthetic mevalonolactone derivative, it is chemically distinct from previously available drugs in this...more
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