Atorvastatin competitively inhibits 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase. [2] Statin medications decrease cholesterol production in the liver by preventing HMG-CoA conversion to mevalonate. Atorvastatin also increases the number of LDL receptors on the surface of hepatic cells
Decrease the amount of cholesterol, decrease your risk of heart disease, stroke, and heart attack
Atorvastatin can be used as a preventive agent for myocardial infarction, stroke, revascularization, and angina, in patients without coronary heart disease but with multiple risk factors and in patients with type 2 diabetes without coronary heart disease but multiple risk factors