If you, or someone you know, is on Lipitor, you should be aware of this. The METEOR reanalysis went into detail to see if the impact on CV inflammation was due to improved LDL. It wasn't. What does that mean? Statins that lower LDL, but not CRP may not be helping you. Is that a problem? Yes. The most popular statin - Lipitor (Atorvastatin) does NOT lower cv inflammation as well as the others: Pitavastatin ( Livalo), Crestor (rosuvastatin), Simvastatin, Pravastatin, etc
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