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Adults patients under 60 should be placed on a cholesterol-lowering diet before therapy and continued throughout therapy with Lipitor - atorvastatin. For primary hypercholesterolemia Lipitor dosage is 10 to 80 mg per day. Lipid levels should be monitored 2 to 4 weeks after starting therapy. For homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia Lipitor dosage is 10 to 80 mg per day.
Results from two new imaging trials showed that higher dose of Lipitor stopped the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with coronary heart disease or familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). In patients with coronary heart disease randomized to Lipitor, progression of atherosclerosis was halted. Patients took an average dose of 23 mg of lipitor (n=446).
In patients with a genetic condition known as familial hypercholesterolemia resulting in extremely high LDL levels randomized to lipitor, progression of atherosclerosis was halted. Patients took an average dose of 56 mg of lipitor (n=427). Patients with high LDL and high triglycerides randomized to Lipitor experienced a progression of atherosclerosis. Patients took an average low, 13 mg dose of lipitor (n=344).
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