The Atorvastatin and Amlodipine in Patients With Elevated Lipids and Hypertension (AVALON) study has demonstrated that amlodipine 5 mg administered once daily in combination with atorvastatin 10 mg is ...

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 ...

Ezetimibe/simvastatin: 10/10 mg, 10/20 mg, 10/40 mg, and 10/80 mg. Atorvastatin: 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, and 80 mg. The primary end point of the study was the percent change from baseline to the end of ...

Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Key Takeaways 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 ...

Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels ...

Lipitor Receives FDA Approval for Five New Indications in Patients With Heart Disease NEW YORK, March 7 -- Pfizer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has released the recalculated ceiling price of cholesterol lowering drug atorvastatin 10 mg as per the instructions of the review authority under ...

Pfizer will resume DTC advertising for its blockbuster statin drug, Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium)–but this time the pitchman isn’t so famous. Pfizer took heat from federal regulators and the media ...

The FDA banned the Indian manufacturing plant where Ranbaxy Laboratories made its generic version of Lipitor last year after citing the plant for a list of problems. The year before, the drugmaker ...

For Immediate Release WHITEHOUSE STATION and KENILWORTH, N.J., Oct. 28, 2004 -- Results from a new clinical trial conducted in 1,902 patients with high cholesterol showed that VYTORIN TM ...