Atorvastatin doesn’t just lower bad cholesterol — it also lowers overall cholesterol and a key protein linked to heart disease, and higher doses make these effects stronger.

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Reduction of LDL cholesterol by 25% to 60% in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia by atorvastatin, a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

1995 May

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Reduction of LDL cholesterol by 25% to 60% in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia by atorvastatin, a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor.

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DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.15.5.678

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