Generic Name(s): Atorvastatin (Lipitor).
Brand Name(s): Crestor.
This medication description is not meant for treatment prescription without the intervention of a specialist

Common Uses:
 Atorvastatin is used to lower high levels of cholesterol and other fats (triglycerides) in the blood and reduce risk of heart disease that can be caused by high cholesterol. Atorvastatin lowers levels of total cholesterol as well as reducing “bad” cholesterol (LDL) that can cause arteries to become hardened and blocked, and also increases levels of “good” cholesterol (HDL) that helps unblock hardened arteries. Atorvastatin is used, in conjunction with a low-fat diet, to treat patients at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) or patients with high cholesterol (hypercholesterolaemia), inherited or due to lifestyle (high-fat diet, obesity and lack of exercise), who have not responded to a low-fat diet and lifestyle changes alone.

How to use:
You should take Atorvastatin tablets with a glass of water once a day, preferably in the evening after your evening meal, although you can take Atorlip with or without food. Atorvastatin is most effective at night when your body is at resting and your liver is producing the most cholesterol. The dose you take and for how long should be as recommended by your doctor.

Warning and Precautions:
You should not use Atorvastatin if you:
are allergic or have a hypersensitivity to atorvastatin or to any of the other ingredients of Atorvastatin tablets
have active liver disease
taking other medication that interacts with Atorvastatin, including, macrolide antibiotics, such as clarithromycin, erythromycin, ritonavir for itraconazole and ketoconazole use to treat fungal infection, cyclosporin, used to suppress the immune system, cardiac glycosides like digoxin, antacids for indigestion, anticoagulants such as coumarin verapamil or diltiazem, medicines used to treat high blood pressure, angina, or other heart conditions, amiodarone, used to treat irregular heart beat.

All the information given above is a summary. You should visit your doctor, pharmacist or health care provider to get more information about this medicine. Do not share Atorvastatin with the others for whom it is not prescribed. Do not use this medicine for other health conditions. Do not store the medication with an end term of its storage.