Crestor Dose Equal Lipitor
Two new studies have found that angioplasty patients have better outcomes if they take cholesterol-lowering statins after the procedure. In one study, chest-pain patients who were given Lipitor in the emergency room fared better after angioplasty than those who did not receive the medication. A second study found that doses of Crestor kept cholesterol from building up in the primary artery from the heart to the brain.
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