Fluvastatin
statin · lipid-lowering
Our referenceWhat this medicine is for
Fluvastatin is a medicine in the 'statin (lipid-lowering)' category. Statins slow, in the liver, a key enzyme in the production of cholesterol, which lowers the LDL cholesterol measured in the blood test. It is a maintenance treatment that you feel nothing of day to day, and whose benefit is counted in years.
Specifically, for Fluvastatin: Lowers blood cholesterol levels. It is most often a long-term treatment, taken at regular times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on a given day.
Under which brands it is found
Fluvastatin is found in around 5 presentations listed in France. It is available under various brand names and as generics.
- Fluvastatine Arrow
- Fluvastatine Biogaran
- Fluvastatine Sandoz
- Fluvastatine Viatris
- Lescol L.P.
Generics and the original brand are equivalent for the active substance; only the appearance, the name or the excipients may differ.
Our product for this treatment
You take Fluvastatin. For people who follow this type of treatment every day, we have designed a dedicated product.
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Coenzyme Q10 as ubiquinol, the form the body absorbs.
Ubiquinol 50 mg · Riboflavin 4.2 mg
One bottle, one dose per day. Reduced price from the second box, free delivery from two boxes.
Further reading
The literature on the nutrient
- Bioavailability of Coenzyme Q10: An Overview of the Absorption Process and Subsequent Metabolism
- Effects of Coenzyme Q10 on Statin-Induced Myopathy: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
- Effects of coenzyme Q10 supplementation on statin-induced myopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
These studies concern the nutrient itself, its role, its forms, its bioavailability. They do not concern this medicine and assert no link between it and a nutrient requirement.
Talk about it in the community
A space to share among people who are affected: the early days, the habits built up over the years, what each person has found to live better with it. Shared experiences, nothing medical.
Related molecules
To explore in the « Heart and lipids » family and its close relatives.
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