HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/Statins and Cardiovascular Agent Combinations
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors/statins and cardiovascular agent combinations are used to treat high cholesterol and blood pressure in patients at risk of getting heart disease or a stroke. They are a combination of a statin, such as atorvastatin, and another cardiovascular agent such as amlodipine - a calcium-channel blocker used lower high blood pressure. A commonly prescribed HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors/statins and cardiovascular agent combination is Caduet (amlodipine, atorvastatin).
Drugs classified as HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/Statins and Cardiovascular Agent Combinations are frequently used to treat the following conditions:
- Hypertension
- Angina
- Coronary Artery Disease
- myocardial infarction prophylaxis
- variant angina
- hypercholesterolemia
- Atrial Fibrillation
- High cholesterol
- Stroke
- Heart Attack
- Heart Failure
- stroke prophylaxis
- type 2 diabetes mellitus
- diabetes mellitus
- Stroke Risk Reduction
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