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A member asked:
Please describe the medication: atorvastatin?
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Lowers cholesterol: Atorvastatin has the brand name lipitor (atorvastatin). . Its function is to lower the body's production of cholesterol and to stabilize current cholesterol plaques. The general name for this class of medication is "statins". Other statins include Crestor (rosuvastatin) and and zocor (simvastatin).
Answered 11/14/2019
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Generic Lipitor (atorvastatin): Atorvastatin is the generic name for lipitor, (atorvastatin) one of several "statin" medications that inhibit hmg co-a reductase, the rate limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis. These medications increase the number of LDL receptors that bind and remove LDL particles from the circulation. Statins have been shown to significantly reduce heart attack, death from heart attack, and ischemic stroke.
Answered 1/21/2018
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My doctor told me it was time for me to leave my lipitor, (atorvastatin) is it safe to just stop taking it? Or should I do it gradually somehow? See my medication
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I was. Told that I have high cholesteral of 225 I have to take lipitor (atorvastatin) I've had problem with medication in the past liver damage so I'm concern ?
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Coreg at 7am, lisinopril at 10am, coreg and Lipitor (atorvastatin) at 7pm. Is this a good spacing of my medication regimen? Or would you recommend different times?
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