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Taking atorvastatin every day for 6 weeks can lower 'bad' cholesterol by up to 60% in people with high cholesterol, and the higher the dose, the more it drops.
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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
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1995 MayThis study gave people with high cholesterol different doses of atorvastatin for 6 weeks and found that it lowered their bad cholesterol by 25% to 61%, just like the claim said — and the higher the dose, the more it worked.
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