Lipitor

Lipitor (Atorvastatin) is a drug used to prevent various heart diseases by reducing the high level of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.

Drug Name
Lipitor (Atorvastatin)

Drug Uses
Lipitor is used to prevent various heart diseases (from heart attack, failure, and certain kinds of heart surgeries up to chest pain) by reducing the high level of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. Lipitor can be used in other cases, if recommended by a doctor.

How Taken
Lipitor should be used in addition to the change of a life-style, including low-cholesterol diet and increase of a physical activity). Follow strictly your doctor prescriptions while using this drug. Lipitor is to be taken orally, once a day with a full glass of water. You’d better take the drug at one and the same time each day. By doing this you will avoid drop of the level of medicine inside your blood during the course of treatment. Consult your doctor about possible side effects and drug interactions.

Drug Class and Mechanism
Lipitor is a statin. It works by blocking an enzyme in the liver, thus reducing the level of cholesterol this enzyme produces. As a result our liver ‘borrows’ cholesterol from the blood and its level goes down.