Not Signed In - Lipitor More Effective Than Simvastatin In Cutting Risk Of Additional Heart Attacks In Patients Who Had A Recent Heart Attack, New Data Suggests
Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:00 AM EST
... Patients who had a recent heart attack and took Pfizer's Lipitor(R) (atorvastatin calcium) 80mg dose experienced significantly fewer heart attacks than patients taking simvastatin 20-40mg dose, according to results of a new analysis presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology in Barcelona, Spain. [click link for full article] ...
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