What atorvastatin used for?
What atorvastatin used for?
Atorvastatin belongs to a group of medicines called statins. It’s used to lower cholesterol if you’ve been diagnosed with high blood cholesterol. It’s also taken to prevent heart disease, including heart attacks and strokes.
What are the long term side effects of Lipitor?
Lipitor can cause severe and even life-threatening side effects including:
- Muscle damage (myopathy)
- Severe muscle damage (rhabdomyolysis) leading to possible kidney failure.
- Liver dysfunction.
- Tendon rupture.
- Blood disorders (low blood cell counts)
- Lung injury and scarring.
Can you take Viagra and statins?
Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between atorvastatin and Viagra. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist.
Does Lipitor increase blood flow?
Atorvastatin Increases Exercise Leg Blood Flow in Healthy Adults.
Do statins help erectile dysfunction?
Analysis of all 11 studies combined found a statistically significant effect of statins on erectile function in men who had both high cholesterol and erectile dysfunction. Overall, erectile function scores increased by 3.4 points in men who took statins (from 14.0 to 17.4, a 24.3 percent increase).
Does statin cause erectile dysfunction?
Despite what you might have heard, statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) like atorvastatin, simvastatin, and rosuvastatin do not cause ED. Men with ED who take statins for high cholesterol actually see a 25% improvement in self-reported erectile function.
Why Lipitor is bad for you?
Serious Lipitor side effects include muscle disease called myopathy and muscle breakdown called rhabdomyolysis, which can lead to kidney damage and kidney failure. The risk of these complications rises when patients take atorvastatin at the same time as certain antibiotics, antivirals and antifungals.
Can atorvastatin clear blocked arteries?
A: Yes. There have been several clinical studies — many of them done here at Cleveland Clinic — that show statins can reverse plaque buildup. Two statins in particular, atorvastatin, which is sold under the brand name Lipitor, and rosuvastatin, which is sold under the brand name Crestor, are the strongest statins.
¿Cómo se redujo la dosis de Atorvastatina en ratas?
Durante la exposición de las madres a dosis de atorvastatina superiores a 20 mg/kg/día (exposición clínica sistémica) se retrasó el desarrollo de las camadas y se redujo la supervivencia post-natal en ratas. En ratas, las concentraciones plasmáticas de atorvastatina y sus metabolitos activos eran similares a las encontradas en la leche.
¿Cuál es la distribución de la atorvastatina?
Distribución: el volumen medio de distribución de la atorvastatina es de aproximadamente 381 l.La atorvastatina se une a las proteínas plasmáticas en un 98% o más. Metabolismo: la atorvastatina es metabolizada por el citocromo P-450 3A4 a sus derivados orto y parahidroxilados y a distintos productos de la betaoxidación.
¿Cuáles son las reacciones más frecuentes asociadas con atorvastatina?
Las reacciones adversas más frecuentes (1% o más) asociadas con el tratamiento con atorvastatina, en los pacientes que participaron en los ensayos clínicos controlados, fueron: estreñimiento, flatulencia, dispepsia, dolor abdominal, dolor de cabeza, náuseas, mialgia, astenia, diarrea e insomnio.
