Patients More Likely To Stay On Lipitor Than Simvastatin, A Large Observational Study Shows

 09.07.2008 08:17   medicalnewstoday.com

Pfizer announced that new statin users who took Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) were significantly more likely to stay on their medication compared to those who took simvastatin, according to an observational study of more than 186,000 patients in one of the largest U.S. managed care claims databases. The results were published in the July issue of Current Medical Research and Opinion.

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