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Article: Lipitor More Effective Than Simvastatin in Cutting Risk of Additional Heart Attacks in Patients Who Had a Recent Heart Attack, New Data Suggests.
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- September 6, 2006
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NEW YORK, September 6 /PRNewswire/ --
- Heart Disease Patients who Were at a Very High Risk for Having a Second Heart Attack and Took Lipitor 80mg Had a 46 Percent Reduction in the Risk of Experiencing Additional Heart Attacks Compared With Patients Taking Simvastatin
- Investigator: 'These data suggest the benefit of intensive treatment with Lipitor 80mg in very high-risk heart attack patients.'
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 ...