Quality evaluation of simvastatin compounded capsules

Simvastatin is commercially available as tablets and compounded capsules in Brazil. Very few reports regarding these capsules' quality, and consequently their efficacy, are available. The pharmaceutical quality of 30 batches of 20 mg simvastatin capsules from the market was evaluated by weight...

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Main Authors: Flávia Dias Marques-Marinho, José Carlos da Costa Zanon, Emilia Sakurai, Ilka Afonso Reis, Angélica Alves Lima, Cristina Duarte Vianna-Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502011000300007