Atorvastatin

Lipitor · Statin

Generic
atorvastatin
Brand
Lipitor
Class
Statin
Say it
a-TOR-va-STAT-in

What technicians need to know

Widely used

Commonly mispronounced

"AT-or-VAH-stuh-tin"

The -statin pattern

Atorvastatin ends in -statin, which marks a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) — used for cholesterol. Learning the suffix families turns roughly 200 separate drugs into about 20 patterns you can reason from. See all the families.

Other statins

rosuvastatin pravastatin simvastatin

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