If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the ...
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Simvastatin vs. atorvastatin: Which is better at lowering cholesterol?
Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Key Takeaways Atorvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by 50% or more when taken in high doses.Simvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by up to 50% when taken in ...
Over 140,000 bottles of a prescription statin have been recalled due to "failed dissolution specifications," according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enforcement report. Ascend ...
Do you take the medication Lipitor to help with high cholesterol? If so, you should know that there has been a massive recall on a generic version of the drug. Over 140,000 bottles of a prescription ...
In a recent study published in JAMA, atorvastatin reduced cardiac functional impairment for patients with lymphoma who were treated with anthracyclines. Although many clinical trials and real-world ...
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