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Lipitor (Atorvastatin) - monitoring more than 62,000 patients
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What does it do?

This product is primarily used to reduce cholesterol. It works by blocking an important enzyme (HMG-CoA reductase) used by the body to produce cholesterol.

Last text update: 2010-12-15

Last data update: 2012-05-18

Usage:

Lipitor (along with other drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) is most commonly used to treat the conditions below. Please note that some patients may be using this medication for more than one condition.

Disease/Condition %
High Cholesterol 95%
High Triglycerides 14%

General Information:

7.7
Lipitor Average Satisfaction Score
  • 79% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Lipitor.
  • 20% of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Lipitor

MediGuard regularly polls our more than 62,000 users taking Lipitor (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM). This feedback is continuously updated for the benefit of the MediGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@mediguard.org.

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Lipitor and the other satans drugs for cholosterol can and will cause memory loss

  • 71 year old Male – Source: MediGuard
  • Posted: 2012-04-12 17:34:43
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i WAS ON LIPITOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND I HAVE STARTED HAVING MEMORY LOSS AFTER THE FDA PUT OUT THAT STATIN DRUGS COULD CAUSE MEMORY LOSS IQUIT TAKING IT. HAD ALL TYPE OF TEST DID AND IT ALL SHOWED THAT IT WAS LIPITOR 71 YEAR OLD MALE

  • 71 year old Male – Source: MediGuard
  • Posted: 2012-04-12 17:30:44
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I have been taking a low 10 mg daily dose of Lipitor for 3 years. This was more because one of my doctors thought its association with lower levels of cardiovascular problems would be beneficial rather than because my cholesterol level was actually high (about 160 total). However at my last physical, my level of the "bad" cholesterol was actually deemed to be too low: 91. So my doctor ordered me off Lipitor for three months and my cholesterol levels with be reassessed after that.

  • 65 year old Male – Source: MediGuard
  • Posted: 2012-03-30 01:12:45
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