Statin use for primary cardiovascular prevention in adults aged 70 years or older is supported by data from STAREE, although treatment did not prolong disability-free survival.
Atorvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by 50% or more when taken in high doses. Simvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by up to 50% when taken in moderate doses. Both simvastatin and atorvastatin can ...
Pfizer announced that in patients with established heart disease, Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg not only significantly reduced the relative risk of suffering a first cardiovascular event by 19 ...
In the TNT study, intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin (Lipitor®, Pfizer) 80 mg daily provided greater protection from major cardiovascular events compared with low-dose atorvastatin in stable ...
Among several beneficial cardiovascular actions of statins, experimental studies have suggested that statins may also induce a mild blood pressure (BP) reduction. However, clinical data were ...
Atorvastatin can be taken either in the morning or at night as long as you take it consistently. Atorvastatin has a long half-life, so it's effective no matter what time of day it's taken. If you miss ...
In a head-to-head test of two popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs — Lipitor and Crestor — both medications worked equally well.more Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin) both ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) Tablets to reduce the risk of nonfatal heart attacks, ...
In STAREE, statin therapy was not enough to tip the scale on disability-free survival, however, as it failed to significantly ...
Statins reduce adverse cardiovascular outcomes and slow the progression of coronary atherosclerosis in proportion to their ability to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. However, few ...
To examine the mechanisms underlying the effects of atorvastatin on glucose and lipid metabolism. Mice with insulin resistance and obesity induced by monosodium glutamate (MSG) were used. Atorvastatin ...
This report shows that a successful, cost-effective statin switch program can be implemented by a large physician group via a centralized, collaborative process. Patients on atorvastatin were ...