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Vytorin Drug Center

Medical Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Vytorin (ezetimibe and simvastatin) is a combination medication used to treat high blood cholesterol. The ezetimibe component of Vytorin lowers blood cholesterol by blocking the absorption of cholesterol. The simvastatin component of Vytorin is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, commonly called statins. Side effects of Vytorin may include headache, nausea, and vomiting.

Vytorin is administered in oral tablet form in the evenings once per day. Numerous other drugs may interact with Vytorin. Vytorin should not be combined with drugs that decrease its elimination, such as erythromycin, ketoconazole, itraconazole, and clarithromycin. Vytorin should not be taken by pregnant women or nursing mothers.

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What is Prescribing information?

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Vytorin Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage

Ezetimibe Structural Formula Illustration

Therapy with lipid-altering agents should be only one component of multiple risk factor intervention in individuals at significantly increased risk for atherosclerotic vascular disease due to hypercholesterolemia. Drug therapy is indicated as an adjunct to diet when the response to a diet restricted in saturated fat and cholesterol and other nonpharmacologic measures alone has been inadequate.

Primary Hyperlipidemia

VYTORIN® is indicated for the reduction of elevated total cholesterol (total-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), apolipoprotein B (Apo ...

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What is Vytorin Prescribing Information?

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What is Patient information?

Easy-to-read and understand detailed drug information and pill images for the patient or caregiver from Cerner Multum.

Vytorin Patient Information: Side Effects

Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Stop using ezetimibe and simvastatin and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:

  • muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness with fever or flu symptoms and dark colored urine;
  • nausea, stomach pain, loss of appetite, itching, dark urine, clay-colored stools, and jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);
  • pancreatitis (severe pain in your upper stomach spreading t...

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What is Consumer information?

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Vytorin Consumer Information: Uses

This combination medication is used along with a proper diet to help lower "bad" cholesterol and fats (such as LDL, triglycerides) and raise "good" cholesterol (HDL) in the blood. Ezetimibe works by reducing the amount of cholesterol your body absorbs from your diet. Simvastatin belongs to a group of drugs known as "statins." It works by reducing the amount of cholesterol made by the liver.

In addition to eating a proper diet (such as a low-cholesterol/low-fat diet), other lifestyle changes that may help this medication work better include exercising, losing weight if overweight, and stoppi...

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