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Sitagliptin/simvastatin

Sitagliptin/simvastatin is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sitagliptin/simvastatin rather than just read about it. In short: Sitagliptin/simvastatin, sold under the brand name Juvisync, is a fixed-dose combination anti-diabetic medication used to treat type 2 diabetes and hypercholesterolemia. It contains sitagliptin and simvastatin.

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Reference excerpt

Sitagliptin/simvastatin, sold under the brand name Juvisync, is a fixed-dose combination anti-diabetic medication used to treat type 2 diabetes and hypercholesterolemia. It contains sitagliptin and simvastatin. Sitagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor and simvastatin is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. These two disorders commonly occur in people at the same time, and have been typically treated with administration of these medications separately. The combination was approved in 2011, and sold under the brand name Juvisync by Merck. Juvisync was later removed from the market in 2013, due to business reasons.

History In 1991, Merck & Co's simvastatin was approved as an HMG-COA inhibitor to lower the levels of LDL cholesterol. In 2006, Merck & Co's sitagliptin was approved by the FDA for treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2.

Regulation Juvisync was the first product to combine a cholesterol lowering drug with a type 2 diabetes drug in the same tablet.

Nonclinical toxicology Sitagliptin: Using male and female rats, a two-year carcinogenicity study was carried out with doses of 50, 150, and 500 mg/kg/day. The 500 mg/kg dose has exposure limits of 60 times what would be seen in the highest dose in humans. At this dose, liver adenoma/carcinoma was seen. Tumors were not seen from the smaller doses. Nomutagenic or clastogenic effects were seen from tests using several assays (CHO, rat, etc.). Fertility studies in rats showed no teratogenic effects. Simvastatin: No tumorigenic effect was seen in a 72-week carcinogenicity study using mice at the low dose levels. However, at the higher dose levels (eight and 16 times the human dose equivalent), liver carcinomas and adenomas, lung adenomas, and adenomas of the Harderian gland occurred. No mutagenic effects were seen in assays. Testicular atrophy was noted in dogs and rats at four and eight times the human exposure, respectively.

Limitations of use It should not be used in patients with type 1 diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, pancreatitis, Fredrickson types I and V dyslipidemias, and severe renal impairment.

Drug interactions Juvisync should not be used with: strong CYP3A4 inhibitors, cyclosporine, danazol, gemfibrozil, and other fibrates. Caution should be used and the patient should be monitored if they are taking the following: amiodarone, dronedarone, ranolazine, calcium channel blockers, niacin, digoxin, coumarin anticoagulants, and colchicine.

References

External links "Juvisync". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sitagliptin/simvastatin

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sitagliptin/simvastatin claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sitagliptin/simvastatin before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sitagliptin/simvastatin ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sitagliptin/simvastatin

In research: Sitagliptin/simvastatin appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sitagliptin/simvastatin in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sitagliptin/simvastatin is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Combination lipid-lowering drugs, Drugs developed by Merck & Co., Drugs not assigned an ATC code, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sitagliptin/simvastatin outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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