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Atorvastatin - A New Lipid-lowering Drug
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Atorvastatin - A New Lipid-lowering Drug
Atorvastatin (Lipitor - Parke-Davis), an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (or 'statin'), was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for treatment of primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia. A single stereoisomer of a...more
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