Atorvastatin calcium: An addition to HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1157-1177

  Chong, Pang H ^a,b   Seeger, John D ^b  

^a MA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG COST; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; FLATULENCE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PYRROLES;

EID: 0030695362     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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