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Zocor and High Blood Pressure

Can Zocor Increase Blood Pressure

Zocor is a drug used to treat high cholesterol levels.It's other name is Simvastatin.Simvastatin is one of a widely used group of drugs called statins.


Most people who take zocor have no significant side effects but some experience pain in the joints and muscles.


Common side effects associated with zocor therapy or simvastatin treatment include:


· zocor related sore joints and muscles,
· mild transient gastrointestinal symptoms,
· altered liver blood tests,
· headache, insomnia, dizziness and zocor related fatigue.

By the nature of having high blood pressure, many people who need to take zocor will also have high blood pressure.


Zocor and high blood pressure often go hand in hand - this is probably due to a combination of genetic and metabolic reasons.


Zocor needs be used with caution in people who have liver problems because, like all statin drugs, zocor can cause changes in liver blood tests.


Other severe side effects are rare in those who take Zocor but muscle pain or muscle inflammation sometimes occurs and can be a major problem. This goes away when the treatment is stopped but you should seek a doctors advice if you develop muscle pains when taking zocor.


There is no published research that connects Zocor and High Blood Pressure in a causative way - it's merely the case that the zocor is often given to high blood pressure patients because they also have high cholesterol.


So - can zocor increase blood pressure?

There is no published evidence to suggest that this is the case

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