How long will it take Fluvastatin (Lescol) to work?
Fluvastatin (Lescol) reaches its peak concentration in the bloodstream within one hour of taking it. Like most other statins except pravastatin (Pravachol), Fluvastatin (Lescol) takes about forty eight hours to clear out of the body to the point it can no longer be detected. Fluvastatin (Lescol) has proven most effective when taken with a low-fat meal in the evening. It’s not as effective when taken with a high-fat meal, as the fat binds to the drug in the intestines and keeps Fluvastatin (Lescol) from getting into the bloodstream and doing its job. Evening is when most cholesterol synthesis takes place, so making sure that the medication is in your system at this time is a good idea, in addition to which fluvastatin (Lescol) has been shown to work better under such conditions. Like lovastatin (Mevacor), simvastatin (Zocor), and atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol) shows an initial therapeutic response within two weeks. This is reasonably fast, but not as fast as the two speedi
