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Lipitor is a cholesterol-lowering medication that blocks the production of cholesterol (a type of fat) in the body.

Atorvastatin, marketed under the name Lipitor, is used to reduce cholesterol. Atorvastatin inhibits the enzyme located in hepatic tissue that produces mevalonate, a small molecule used in the synthesis of cholesterol.

In today’s world people are taking one or the other drug to keep them-selves healthy. But there are few things which might get interaction with other drugs or with food items. Interaction is of grapefruit with several other medicines.

The importance of HDL was realized after the release of study done on 1,500 patients.