Cleveland Clinic To Lead First Head-to-Head Comparison Of The Two Most Potent Statins

January 16th, 2008 | Category: Cholesterol

Cleveland Clinic researchers will coordinate the first head-to-head comparison of the two most effective statin medications. The trial intends to start enrollment as early as next week. Statins are the world’s most commonly prescribed drugs and widely used to

treat patients with elevated cholesterol levels. The two drugs, atorvastatin (Lipitor) and rosuvastatin (Crestor), lower LDL (”bad”) cholesterol and raise HDL (”good”) cholesterol.

Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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