Extensive data are available on the safety of atorvastatin from randomised clinical trials, postmarketing analyses and reports to regulatory agencies. Atorvastatin is generally well tolerated across the range of therapeutic dosages, with the exception of a slightly higher rate of liver enzyme elevations with atorvastatin 80 mg/day which does not appear to confer an increased risk of clinically important adverse events. Unlike simvastatin, atorvastatin is associated with a low incidence of muscular toxicity. It is not associated with neurological, cognitive or renal adverse effects and does not require dosage adjustment in patients with renal dysfunction, due to its favourable pharmacokinetic profile, which is unique among the statins. In patients aged > or =65 years, atorvastatin is well tolerated with no dose-dependent increase in adverse events up to the maximum daily dosage of 80 mg/day. Thus, atorvastatin is a safe and well tolerated statin for use in a wide range of patients.

Atorvastatin: a safety and tolerability profile / Arca, Marcello. - In: DRUGS. - ISSN 0012-6667. - 67:Supplement 1(2007), pp. 63-69. [10.2165/00003495-200767001-00007]

Atorvastatin: a safety and tolerability profile.

ARCA, Marcello
2007

Abstract

Extensive data are available on the safety of atorvastatin from randomised clinical trials, postmarketing analyses and reports to regulatory agencies. Atorvastatin is generally well tolerated across the range of therapeutic dosages, with the exception of a slightly higher rate of liver enzyme elevations with atorvastatin 80 mg/day which does not appear to confer an increased risk of clinically important adverse events. Unlike simvastatin, atorvastatin is associated with a low incidence of muscular toxicity. It is not associated with neurological, cognitive or renal adverse effects and does not require dosage adjustment in patients with renal dysfunction, due to its favourable pharmacokinetic profile, which is unique among the statins. In patients aged > or =65 years, atorvastatin is well tolerated with no dose-dependent increase in adverse events up to the maximum daily dosage of 80 mg/day. Thus, atorvastatin is a safe and well tolerated statin for use in a wide range of patients.
2007
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Atorvastatin: a safety and tolerability profile / Arca, Marcello. - In: DRUGS. - ISSN 0012-6667. - 67:Supplement 1(2007), pp. 63-69. [10.2165/00003495-200767001-00007]
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