Simcor

Question: what are the risk factors if you take simcor?

Answer: Taking simcor? 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 this medication 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; feeling like you might pass out;fast or pounding heartbeats; or feeling short of breath. Less serious side effects may include:warmth, redness, or tingly feeling under your skin;dizziness;sweating or chills;swelling;headache; stomach or back pain;runny nose or other cold symptoms;nausea, diarrhea, constipation; or,itching or rash. This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Tell your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect. Before taking Simcor, tell your doctor if you are using any of the following medicines:amiodarone (Cordarone, Pacerone); cyclosporine (Gengraf, Sandimmune, Neoral); danazol (Danocrine); digoxin (digitalis, Lanoxin); fenofibrate (Tricor); gemfibrozil (Lopid); a blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin); niacin, nicotinic acid, or nicotinamide (or vitamin supplements that contain niacin);verapamil (Calan, Covera, Isoptin); an antibiotic such as clarithromycin (Biaxin), clotrimazole (Mycelex Troche), erythromycin (E.E.S., E-Mycin, Ery-Tab, Erythrocin), fluconazole (Diflucan), itraconazole (Sporanox), ketoconazole (Nizoral), telithromycin (Ketek), troleandomycin (Tao), or voriconazole (Vfend); or HIV /AIDS medicine such as amprenavir (Agenerase), atazanavir (Reyataz), delavirdine (Rescriptor), indinavir (Crixivan), lopinavir (Kaletra), nelfinavir (Viracept), ritonavir (Kaletra, Norvir), or saquinavir (Invirase, Fortovase). This list is not complete and there may be other drugs that can interact with Simcor. Tell your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal products, and drugs prescribed by other doctors. Do not start a new medication without telling your doctor. Where can you get more information? Your pharmacist can provide more information about Simcor. Take care as always!

Question: Simcor 500mg/20mg-Statin? AbbottLabs

Answer: You need to provide more than this for an answer, comorbidities?

Question: I am 85lbs overweight, diabetic(inject insulin) and outta shape! However, I am making changes!! Help!? Here is the deal: I am overweight, outta shape, with a huge gut, a bad back and knees thanks to said huge gut, and lack of joy in life due to all of these issues! ( 5ft 8in ,255lbs, 44 inch waist, white male,, with high blood pressure, bipolar, tourettes, yup, u name it, I have got it! I take about 9 different medicines a day now, from seroquel 300mg a dayand risperedal 2 mg a dayfor my bipolar, Gemfribizol, Metformin, metropolol and Methocarbomol for my Fibromalgya,and Niaspin and Simcor for my blood pressure . Yup, I am a pharmacists wet dream, and My livers Worst Nightmare.) I stopped eating junk foods, cold turkey 4 days ago- no more chips, fried stuff, candies, sugary snacks, Doritos, etc- I also have been drinking literally a gallon of h2o everyday now, trying to flush(?) my system....my job is very physically intense...pulling a lot of weight in a bike trailer, three to four days per week.In the heat, at night. I love it, and it makes me happy, and the exercise is probably the only thing keeping me alive.....So, big so, I was hoping: for some dietary advice to help me lose more weight, quicker, better, more safely, etc. Eating healthily to me is a foreign language and science, and, I need some big-time help!! Plus, as a diabetic, i need to know what to eat and when....cause I want to live longer and happpier than I currently do. I have a big festival in a week, where i will be working twelve to 14 hours a day , in the heat, and I am looking forward to it, but thought that here presents a great chance to lose more size and weight due to the added heat and labor hours. Any help for my pathetic self is much appreciated, and will be immediately utilized! Friends, this means more to me than anything right now, and I need your help, please. I want to be able to feel alive, not just survive. Thank You so much.

Answer: You can see tips in web searches for "healthy lifestyles" and "diet for diabetics".

Question: what constitutes a "low-fat snack" to take w/Simcor? Dr prescribed Simcor,but it says "take w/low-fat snack @ bedtime" I need some ideas,please. thx :)

Answer: A piece of fruit.

Question: my blood work analysis / interpretation needed? A little background: I am 25 years old, 250lb, 5"7FT with an enlarged liver for practically my entire life. I take 2 medications. One is Simcor 500/20 Pill at night to lower the cholesterol and lorazapam/adivan 1mg 2x daily or as needed. I have been on simcor for several months now. I posted the relevant highlighted values from the test for you. NOTE: H stands for High and L for low. ****COMP METABOLIC PROF**** ALT (SGPT) H 61 Bilirubin, direct H 0.20 ****CBC/DIFF/PL**** Eosinophils% L 0.8 ****PROTHROMBIN TIME**** INR L 1.09 ****LIPID PROFILE**** HDL Cholesterol L 34 VLDL Cholesterol(calculated) H 46 Triglycerides H 228 lorazapam is for anxiety. its a tranq. I will be seeing an expert shortly. however, i am open to your input. I am concerned about the "Bilirubin, Direct" being high. As far as i am concerned my skin is not yellowing thus far. I have had en enlarged since i was very young.

Answer: to ur age and ht ur over-weighing.. liver enzymes elevated..is it fatty liver tht u have been told.. lipid-triglycerides are high but only repeated high values are to be considered why loraz ..?(plz consult an expert..physician)

Question: generic there a medicine to Simcor, or a similar medicine to treat my cholesterol ? I need to find a cheaper prescription to treat my cholesterol.

Answer: oats daily really does help too. I know several people who opted for an oat breakfast over the meds and were successful at lowering cholesterol. They also limited fat and meat intake.