About LIPITOR
LIPITOR is a type of cholesterol-lowering medicine called a statin. Statins block an enzyme in the liver that the body uses to make cholesterol. When less cholesterol is made, the liver uses more of it from the blood. This results in lower levels of cholesterol.
Along with diet and exercise, LIPITOR is proven to reduce "bad" cholesterol by 39%-60% (average effect depending on dose). LIPITOR is the #1 prescribed branded cholesterol-lowering medicine in the world.*
High cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease—the #1 health problem in the United States. Stroke is the #3 health problem. LIPITOR, along with diet, is clinically proven to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, certain kinds of heart surgeries, and chest pain in patients with heart disease or several common risk factors for heart disease. Common risk factors include family history of early heart disease, high blood pressure, low good cholesterol, age, and smoking.
LIPITOR is backed by more than 17 years of research. And LIPITOR has been studied in more than 400 ongoing or completed studies that included over 80,000 patients.†
LIPITOR is one of many treatment options you and your doctor can consider. Talk to your doctor, and ask if LIPITOR is right for you.
*IMS Health. MIDAS Q1, 2009.
†Data on file. Pfizer Inc, New York, NY.