cerivastatin

9.5

A medicine taken by mouth to lower blood cholesterol

noun
/səˌrɪvəˈstætɪn/

Specialized

: cerivastatina

After concerns about side effects, cerivastatin was withdrawn from the market.

Examples

Doctors prescribed cerivastatin to help lower cholesterol levels.
Some patients experienced muscle problems while taking cerivastatin.
The doctor prescribed cerivastatin to help manage his high cholesterol.
Is cerivastatin effective for everyone?
The doctor prescribed cerivastatin to help manage his high cholesterol.
Some patients experienced muscle problems while taking cerivastatin.
After concerns about side effects, cerivastatin was withdrawn from the market.

Synonyms

Baycol

vscerivastatin

Specialized

1 8.9

A medicine taken by mouth to lower cholesterol in the blood

is the same medicine as the generic chemical form rather than the brand name

Surface Forms

cerivastatin singular

cerivastatins plural

Etymology

Cerivastatin is a created drug name made of the front part ceriva, a company-chosen part, and the common medicine ending -statin, which marks drugs that lower cholesterol like simvastatin. A helpful way to remember it is to think of -statin as 'stop' or 'reduce' the body's cholesterol, so cerivastatin is a cholesterol-lowering medicine.