The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the list of medicines for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) exempted from ...

Aims Cardiovascular (CV) deaths were reduced by atorvastatin during a 16-year follow-up of participants in the ...

The recommended atorvastatin dosage for lowering LDL-C if the child has HoFH is: Starting dosage: 10 to 20 mg once daily Maintenance (routine) dosage: range is 10 mg to 80 mg once daily For this ...

A daily 20 mg does of atorvastatin – available as a low-cost generic – is the statin of choice for primary prevention, according to the document. "What we're saying is that, for people with a ...

Atorvastatin is available in doses of 10 milligrams (mg), 20 mg, 40 mg, and 80 mg. Most people start with a dose of 10 to 20 mg daily. If your cholesterol levels are very high, your healthcare ...

Available evidence suggests that for every 10,000 patients receiving atorvastatin 40 mg daily, costing around ... that statin side effects occur in 18-20% of people. An independent BMJ review ...

Data sources Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing high-intensity statin therapy (atorvastatin 80 mg or rosuvastatin 20/40 mg) with moderate/mild statin treatment or placebo were derived from ...

p<0.01), and the exceeding of a 20 mg threshold for atorvastatin (OR: 1.78, 95% CI 1.41 to 2.23, p<0.01) and for rosuvastatin (OR: 2.04, 95% CI 1.31 to 3.18, p<0.01) was related to an ...

Participants must be on a stable (≥ 4 weeks) and well-tolerated lipid-lowering regimen (with or without Ezetimibe \[10mg\]) that must include a high-intensity statin therapy with either atorvastatin ...