atorvastatin

If atorvastatin is good, might more powerful drugs be even better?

There are many other drugs that can increase your risk of serious medical problems if you take them together with atorvastatin.

You may need to take atorvastatin on a long-term basis for the treatment of high cholesterol.

This list is not complete and other drugs may interact with atorvastatin.

Use effective birth control to avoid pregnancy while you are taking atorvastatin.

Amlodipine and atorvastatin is usually taken once a day, with or without food.

Do not take amlodipine and atorvastatin if you are pregnant.

Daily use of alcohol may increase your risk for liver problems, especially when combined with atorvastatin.

Patients on Lipitor, or atorvastatin, were given 80 milligrams a day.

Atorvastatin accounted for over half of all statin use in 2002.

Stop taking atorvastatin and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:

These products can react with atorvastatin, preventing its full absorption.

However, trials show atorvastatin may be protective of kidney function.

Side effects that occur in 1-10% of patients taking atorvastatin include:

Your pharmacist can provide more information about amlodipine and atorvastatin.

Amlodipine combined with atorvastatin is used to lower cholesterol as well.

You may need to stop using atorvastatin for a short time if you have:

After 18 months, the atorvastatin patients had no change in the plaque in their arteries.

Information about the availability of generic atorvastatin can be obtained from Ranbaxy.

But anyone who wanted to take torcetrapib along with atorvastatin could get the combination only from Pfizer.

A recent meta-analysis suggests that atorvastatin may also lower Lp(a) levels.

One patient was switched from simvastatin to atorvastatin with slight improvement.

Amlodipine and atorvastatin is used in adults and children who are at least 10 years old.

Possible increase in liver enzymes secondary to atorvastatin and black cohosh administration.

It is unknown if amlodipine or atorvastatin passes into breast milk.