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What is Lipitor? Lipitor is a brand name for the drug atorvastatin, part of the statin class of drugs used in the treatment of hypertension. Lipitor is a brand name owned by Pfizer. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Pfizer's Lipitor site


Reasons Taken

25 patients in the community are taking or have taken Lipitor.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 12 48%
General health 11 44%
high cholesterol 1 4%
Slow my ALS progress 1 4%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Lipitor.

  0 mg Daily 5 mg Daily 10 mg Daily 20 mg Daily 40 mg Daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Lipitor or how long patients were taking Lipitor before stopping.

Currently taking Lipitor

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
1
1
4

Stopped taking Lipitor

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
3
0
10
Why Patients Stopped Taking Lipitor (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 6 46% Doctor's advice: 46%
Other 3 23% Other: 23%
Personal research 2 15% Personal research: 15%
Side effects too severe 2 15% Side effects too severe: 15%
Expense 1 8% Expense: 8%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 100% 1

high cholesterol

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 1

Top reported side-effects include: soreness and aches in muscles and joints, Cough, My cholesterol has DRPPED BIG TIME

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

  • jr42
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: none
    Legs: mild
    Type: Lower Motor Neuron
    See profile
  • jr42
  • by jr42
    Oct 06, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • high cholesterol
Advice/Tips
Neurologist advised likely to speed up MND, informed general practitioner(Doctor)to cease and will review in 4 wks.

See all evaluation results for Lipitor



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