Lipitor dosage and administrations
Before treatment with Lipitor patient should be prescribed to the diet, reducing blood lipids, which must be observed during drug therapy.
Lipitor drug should be taken orally on an empty stomach or after eating. The recommended starting dose - 10mg daily. Depending on the desired effect, the daily dose can be increased to 80mg. Lipitor is taken singly at any time of day, but at the same time every day. Its effectiveness develops after 2 weeks of taking the drug, the maximum effect is achieved after 4 weeks. Therefore, the dosage should not be changed until at least 4 weeks after starting treatment.
With primary (heterozygous hereditary and polygenic) hypercholesterolemia (type IIa) and mixed hyperlipidemia (type IIb) Lipitor treatment begins with an initial dose of 10mg 1 time per day, which increased after 4 weeks, depending on patient response. The maximum daily dose - 80mg.
With a maximum daily dose of 80mg it is marked the most optimal effect.
Lipitor is used as adjunctive therapy to other therapies (plasmapheresis) or as a primary method of treatment if the therapy is not possible by other methods.
For elderly patients it’s required dose adjustment.