Your dose will depend on why you need the medicine, your cholesterol levels, and other medicines you're taking
Lipids should be checked 4 weeks after initiating therapy; patients unable to achieve LDL-C goal with 40 mg/day should be placed on alternative LDL-C lowering therapy
A dose restriction exists for simvastatin 80 mg due to a higher risk of myopathy and possible
Simvastatin dose should not exceed 20 mg/day (or 40 mg daily for those
Table 1, Statin Dosing and ACC/AHA Classification of Intensity - Statin Use for the
Emergency management of patients with Parkinson’s