fluvastatin

IPA: fɫˈuvˈæstʌtɪn

(pharmacology) A drug of the statin class, used to treat hypercholesterolemia and to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Examples of "fluvastatin" in Sentences

Overall effects of fluvastatin were similar to those of statins in other populations.
After a mean follow-up of 5.1 years, fluvastatin lowered LDL cholesterol concentrations by 32%.
Although cardiac deaths and non-fatal MI seemed to be reduced, fluvastatin did not generally reduce rates of coronary intervention procedures or mortality.
Patients who were initially randomized to fluvastatin or placebo in the 5 - to 6-year trial were offered open-label fluvastatin in a 2-year extension of the original study.
A study from Japan using a cell culture assay system reported that inteferon plus fluvastatin inhibited hepatitis C virus more effectively than did inteferon plus ribaviran.
Previous data suggest that lipophilic statins such as fluvastatin and N-bisphosphonates such as zoledronic acid, both inhibitors of the mevalonate metabolic pathway, have anti-cancer effects in vitro and in patients.
Risk reduction with fluvastatin for the primary endpoint [a heart attack, fatal or nonfatal - ss] ... was not significant, although there were fewer cardiac deaths or non-fatal MI ... in the fluvastatin group than in the placebo group.