Atorvastatin  

Indications

• as an adjunct to a diet to lower high total cholesterol, LDL-C, apo-B, and triglycerides in adults, adolescents, and children 10 years of age or older with primary hypercholesterolemia, including familial hypercholesterolemia (heterozygous variant) or combined (mixed) hyperlipidemia ( Fredrickson type IIa and IIb, respectively) when response to diet and other non-drug treatments is inadequate
• to lower high total cholesterol, LDL-C in adults with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, as an adjunct to other lipid-lowering therapies (eg, LDL apheresis) or if such treatments are not available
• prevention of cardiovascular events in adult patients with a high risk of developing primary cardiovascular events, as an adjunct to the correction of other risk factors
• secondary prevention of cardiovascular complications in patients with coronary artery disease in order to reduce mortality, myocardial infarction, strokes, repeated hospitalizations for angina pectoris and the need for revascularization