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Podcast: Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals
Episode: Atorvastatin Pharmacology
Description: On this episode, I discuss atorvastatin pharmacology, adverse effects, monitoring parameters, and drug interactions.
Atorvastatin (Lipitor) is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, the rate-limiting step in the production of cholesterol. It is used to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases by decreasing cholesterol.
Atorvastatin is more lipophilic in comparison to other statins such as rosuvastatin. If a patient does not tolerate a statin, switching from a lipophilic to a hydrophilic or vice versa may decrease the chances of those side effects reoccurring.
It can be a high-intensity statin depending on the dose. 10-20mg is considered...