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How long does it take if you stop lipitor (atorvastatin) for the satin to leave the body?

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A week: Atorvastatin has a complicated elimination. The effects of the drug and the actual drug ought to be virtually gone by a week. In some folks quicker in some longer.

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Answered 5/15/2018

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