Victoria Times Colonist A group from Western University in London, Ont., looked at generic and brand-name atorvastatin , which was marketed in Canada and the U.S. as Lipitor. The study looked at patients who were switched from brand-name Lipitor to generic atorvastatin when it ...
Attorney at Law Lipitor (generic: atorvastatin ) is manufactured and sold by the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, this prescription medication is a popular drug to treat high cholesterol. In December 1996, Lipitor gained FDA approval. Lipitor and other statins ...
TheStreet.com Even if Pfizer was foolish enough to partner up with Amarin, insurance companies will not reimburse for a premium-priced combo product when separate generic atorvastatin and Vascepa are available. Insurance companies don't care about convenience. and more »
Times of India This was the first notification issued by the NPPA. According to the NPPA notification, prices of popular pain and fever medicine paracetamol will go down by nearly 40%, antibiotics (azithromycin) by 40%, cardiac drugs (losartan and atorvastatin ) by 45%. and more »
CBC.ca "Co-prescription of either clarithromycin or erythromycin with atorvastatin , simvastatin, or lovastatin was associated with an increased risk of hospital admiss...
WebMD Almost three-quarters of the statin users were taking atorvastatin (Lipitor). The other commonly used statins were simvastatin (Zocor) and lovastatin (Altoprev, Mevacor). Clarithromycin and erythromycin are often prescribed for respiratory illness such ... and more »
Sun-Sentinel Recently, the FDA ordered a drug company from India to recall its generic atorvastatin when small particles of glass were detected in the medication. Although this received a great deal of attention, the FDA has issued similar actions to U.S.-based ...
MedPage Today Average non-HDL cholesterol level dropped from about 250 to 180 mg/L after 6 months of treatment with atorvastatin but increased slightly in the placebo ...
