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The licence for Zocor (simvastatin) has been extended to include use in children and adolescents, 10-17 years of age, with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia.
Boys should be Tanner stage II and above and girls at least 1 year post menarche.
A standard cholesterol-lowering diet should be started before treatment with simvastatin is initiated and continued during treatment.
Further information: MSD
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