Drilldown: Medicines

None · Codeine · 1,4-Butanediol · 1B-LSD · 1cP-LSD · 1P-LSD · 1V-LSD · 2-AI · 2-FA · 2-FDCK · 2-FMA · 25B-NBOH · 25B-NBOMe · 25C-NBOH · 25C-NBOMe · 25I-NBOH · 25I-NBOMe · 25N-NBOMe · 2C-B · 2C-B-FLY

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Zocor (1)

[[:Category:Lipid-lowering_agents|Lipid-lowering agent]] (1) · [[:Category:Statins|Statin]] (1)

None (1)

'"`UNIQ--vote-00000178-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000179-QINU`"' (1)

10-20 mg PO once daily in the evening (40 mg starting allowed for high CV risk) (1)

5, 10, 20, 40, 80 mg tablets; 4 mg/mL oral suspension (1)

40 mg/d standard; 80 mg/d restricted to patients tolerating 80 mg for ≥12 months without myopathy (post-SEARCH 2011 FDA restriction) (1)

Oral (1)

None · Hours · 30-60 minutes · 1-2 hours · ~30 min · LDL lowering at 2 weeks, max by 4 weeks · ~1 hour · 15-30 minutes · 15–30 min · 1–2 h · 30–60 min · Antidepressant effect emerges over 1-2 weeks · BP and symptomatic LUTS improvement within 1-2 weeks · BP effect within 1-2 weeks · Clinical improvement within 24-72 hours · Days · Motor improvement over days at therapeutic dose · Over weeks · Postprandial glucose effect within days; HbA1c by 12 weeks · Sleep effect from first dose; antidepressant effect over 1-4 weeks

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24 hours (evening dosing aligns with overnight HMG-CoA reductase peak) (1)

~2 hours (parent and active β-hydroxy acid metabolite); pharmacodynamic effect lasts 24 hours via target turnover'"`UNIQ--ref-0000017A-QINU`"' (1)

<5% (extensive hepatic first-pass; statin pharmacology is hepatocellular, not systemic)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000017B-QINU`"' (1)

Previously Category X; FDA removed the blanket statin contraindication in pregnancy in 2021.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1)

[[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US (1)