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Simvastatin, sold under the brand name Zocor among others, is a statin, a type of lipid-lowering medication. [4] It is used along with exercise, diet, and weight loss to decrease elevated lipid levels . [ 4 ]
Drugs or medicines may be withdrawn from commercial markets because of risks to patients, but also because of commercial reasons (e.g. lack of demand and relatively high production costs).
A drug recall removes a prescription or over-the-counter drug from the market. Drug recalls in the United States are made by the FDA or the creators of the drug when certain criteria are met. When a drug recall is made, the drug is removed from the market and potential legal action can be taken depending on the severity of the drug recall. [1]
Trace One, a product management software company, studied the number of food recalls in the U.S. between 2020 and 2024 and found that the number of recalls grew from 454 to 547 per year. The ...
Last month, the FDA sent out a recall on 79,200 pounds of butter due to an undeclared allergen, according to Food and Wine. Apparently, while packages of both salted and unsalted Kirkland ...
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With median follow-up of 6 years, simvastatin+ezetimibe was found to reduce the primary outcome of CV mortality, major CV event, or nonfatal stroke (34.7% vs. 32.7%; P=0.016; NNT 50 per 7 years or NNT 350 per 1 year ). There was no reduction in all-cause or CV mortality with simvastatin+ezetimibe, though there was a reduction in MI and stroke. [6]
2. Which Models Are Being Recalled? Quite a few. Model numbers H7130 (including the H7130101 variation), H7131, H7132, H7133, H7134, and H7135 are the ones that have been recalled.