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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Simvastatin 80 mg is the highest approved dose for this drug and it is estimated that approximately 2.1 million patients in the U.S. were prescribes this dose in the year 2010<ref>http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm256581.htm<ref>. | Simvastatin 80 mg is the highest approved dose for this drug and it is estimated that approximately 2.1 million patients in the U.S. were prescribes this dose in the year 2010<ref>http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm256581.htm<ref>. | ||
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Overview
Simvastatin 80 mg is the highest approved dose for this drug and it is estimated that approximately 2.1 million patients in the U.S. were prescribes this dose in the year 2010<ref>http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm256581.htm<ref>.