Atorvastatin

In the US, Atorvastatin (atorvastatin systemic) is a member of the drug class statins and is used to treat High Cholesterol, High Cholesterol - Familial Heterozygous, High Cholesterol - Familial Homozygous, Hyperlipoproteinemia, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIa - Elevated LDL, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIb - Elevated LDL VLDL, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type III - Elevated beta-VLDL IDL, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV - Elevated VLDL, Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

US matches:

• Atorvastatin


• Atorvastatin Calcium

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

C10AA05

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0134523-00-5

Chemical Formula

C33-H35-F-N2-O5

Molecular Weight

558

Therapeutic Category

Antilipemic agent, HMG CoA reductase inhibitor (statin)

Chemical Names

(3R,5R)-7-[2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-5-isopropyl-3-phenyl-4-(phenylcarbamoyl)pyrrol-1-yl]-3,5-dihydroxyheptanoic acid (BAN)

(3R,5R)-7-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-phenyl-4-(phenylcarbamoyl)-5-(propan-2-yl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl]-3,5-dihydroxyheptanoic acid (IUPAC)

(ßR,ÙR)-2-(p-fluorophenyl)-ß,Ù-dihydroxy-5-isopropyl-3-phenyl-4-(phenylcarbamoyl)pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid (WHO)

1H-Pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid, 2-(4-fluorophenyl)-ß,Ù-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-, [R-(R*,R*)]-

Foreign Names

• Atorvastatinum (Latin)
• Atorvastatin (German)
• Atorvastatine (French)
• Atorvastatina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Atorvastatin (OS: BAN)
• UNII-A0JWA85V8F (IS)
• YM 548 (IS: Yamanouchi)
• Atorvastatin Calcium (OS: USAN, BANM)
• Atorvastatin Calcium Hydrate (OS: JAN)
• Atorvastatinhemicalcium-1.5-Wasser (IS)
• CI 981 (IS: Parke-Davis)
• UNII-48A5M73Z4Q (IS)

Brand Names

• Altoram
  Med-One, Greece



• Arpitor-CP
  RPG, India



• Astatin
  Jamjoom Pharma, Oman



• Astin
  Micro Labs Ltd, Peru



• Asvasin
  AS Pharmaceutical, India



• Atarva
  Duncan, Argentina



• Ateroclar
  ABL, Peru



• Atocor
  Dr Reddys, Vietnam



• Ator
  Medis, Tunisia



• Atorec
  Emcure, Myanmar



• Atorhasan
  Hasan, Vietnam



• Atoris
  Krka, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Krka, Estonia; Krka, Croatia (Hrvatska); Krka, Lithuania; Krka, Latvia; Krka, Poland; Krka, Serbia; Krka, Russian Federation; Krka, Slovenia



• Atorlip
  Cipla, Latvia; Lafrancol, Colombia; Lafrancol, Peru



• Atorpharm
  Actavis Group, Poland



• Atorsyn
  Synthesis, Colombia



• Atorvastan
  Biotenk, Argentina



• Atorvastatin Actavis
  Actavis, Lithuania; Actavis, Slovakia



• Atorvastatin Domesco
  Domesco, Vietnam



• Atorvastatin Farmacom
  Farmacom, Poland



• Atorvastatin Imexpharm
  Imexpharm, Vietnam



• Atorvastatin Leiras
  Leiras, Finland



• Atorvastatina Genfar
  Expofarma, Chile; Genfar, Colombia; Genfar, Ecuador



• Atorvastatina La Santé
  La Santé, Colombia



• Atorvastatina MK
  McKesson, Ecuador; MK, Colombia



• Atorvastatina Northia
  Medigroup, Peru; Northia, Argentina



• Atorvastatina
  AZ Pharma, Colombia; Best, Colombia; Caferma, Peru; Farmindustria, Peru; G&R, Peru; Genéricos Venezolanos, Venezuela; Genfar, Peru; Induquimica, Peru; Infarmasa, Peru; La Sante, Peru; Marfan, Peru; Medicalex, Colombia; OFA, Venezuela; Pasteur, Chile; Pentacoop, Colombia; Pharmed, Peru; Quilab, Peru; Sandoz, Colombia; Volta, Chile



• Atorvasterol
  Polpharma, Poland



• Atorvik
  Anvik, India



• Atorvik-EZ (Atorvastatin and Ezetimibe)
  Anvik, India



• Atorvin
  Farmacom, Poland



• Atorvox
  Farmacom, Poland; Pliva, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Pliva, Croatia (Hrvatska)



• Atotas
  10/20Intas, Vietnam



• Atovarol
  Unimed, Peru; Vivax, Venezuela



• Atovast
  O.P.V., Vietnam



• Atractin
  Actavis Group, Poland



• Atrolip
  Stein, Ecuador



• Atrox
  Biofarm, Poland



• Caduet (Atorvastatin and Amlodipine)
  Pfizer, Bulgaria; Pfizer, Poland; Pfizer, Slovenia



• Cired
  Dimerpharma, Peru



• Citalor
  Pfizer, Brazil



• Colestokiol
  Garden House, Peru



• Copastatin
  Actavis Group, Poland



• Copator
  Actavis Group, Poland



• Corator
  Lek-AM, Poland



• Diplitor (Atorvastatin andFenofibrate)
  Glenmark, India



• Dislipor
  Andromaco, Chile



• Ezator (Atorvastatin and Ezetimibe)
  Farmindustria, Peru



• Farmalip
  Farmacoop, Colombia



• Glustar
  Galeno, Colombia; La Santé, Venezuela



• Hipolixan
  Pasteur, Chile



• Lipicard
  Qualipharm, Peru



• Lipicor
  Intas, Myanmar



• Lipifen
  Raffo, Argentina



• Lipiget
  Getz Pharma, Vietnam



• Lipistad
  Stada, Vietnam



• Lipistat
  Medopharm, Myanmar



• Lipitas
  Intas, Peru



• Lipitor
  Pfizer, Ireland; Pfizer, Peru



• Liplofin (Atorvastatin andFenofibrate)
  Lifestyle, India



• Lipolimp
  Qualipharm, Peru



• Lipoterfin
  Farmachif, Peru



• Lipotropic
  Drugtech-Recalcine, Chile; Pharmalab, Peru



• Lipox
  Medco, Peru



• Lipox Bezafibrat
  Chile, Chile



• Lipress
  Keyfarm, Peru



• Liptonorm
  Pharmsintes, Russian Federation



• Lipvar
  HG.Pharm, Vietnam



• Lowden
  Saval, Peru; Saval Eurolab, Chile



• Lowlipen
  Biogen, Peru



• Medotor
  Medopharm, Vietnam



• Modlip
  Torrent, Myanmar; Torrent, Vietnam



• Nivecol
  Heimdall, Colombia



• Normalip
  Quesada, Argentina



• Pakadel
  Apotecarium, Colombia



• Pidifin
  Euro Healthcare MS, Vietnam



• Plan
  Craveri, Argentina



• Salux
  Lafrancol, Guatemala



• Sortis
  Gödecke, Germany; Parke Davis, Poland; Pfizer, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Pfizer, Bulgaria; Pfizer, Germany; Pfizer, Latvia; Pfizer, Poland; Pfizer, Romania; Pfizer, Serbia; Pfizer, Slovenia; Pfizer, Slovakia



• Statinor
  Dar-Essaydali, Tunisia



• Storvas
  Ranbaxy, Oman; Ranbaxy, Peru



• Strovas
  Ranbaxy, Oman



• Tahor
  Pfizer, Tunisia; Pfizer, Tunisia



• TG-Tor
  Unichem, Vietnam; Unifarma, Latvia



• Torid
  Trima, Israel



• Torva
  Saiph, Tunisia



• Torvacard
  Zentiva, Bulgaria; Zentiva, Russian Federation; Zentiva, Slovakia



• Torvaplipin
  Actavis Group, Poland



• Torvast
  National Pharmaceutical Industries Co. - NPI, Oman



• Torvazin
  Egis, Poland



• Tulip
  Lek, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Lek, Bulgaria; Lek, Lithuania; Lek, Latvia; Lek, Serbia; Lek, Slovenia



• Visvas-EZ (Atorvastatin and Ezetimibe)
  Minova, India



• Voredanin
  Ozone Laboratories, Poland



• Zarator
  Phoenix, Argentina



• Zurinel
  Prater, Chile



• Alipid
  O.P.V., Vietnam



• Alvastin
  ARIS, Turkey



• Ampliar
  Casasco, Argentina



• Anvistat
  Antiviral, Russian Federation



• Anzitor
  Square, Bangladesh



• Astin
  Jayson, Bangladesh



• Atacor
  Actavis, Malta



• Atasin
  ACI, Bangladesh



• Atenfar
  Medipharm, Chile



• Ateroclar
  Beta, Argentina



• Ateroz
  Bilim, Turkey



• Atocor
  Dr Reddys, Sri Lanka; Dr Reddys, Myanmar



• Ator
  Sanovel, Georgia; Sanovel, Turkey



• Atorin
  Medley, Myanmar



• Atoris
  krka, Bulgaria; krka, Czech Republic; krka, Hungary; krka, Slovakia



• Atorlip
  Cipla, Sri Lanka; HG.Pharm, Vietnam; Pharmavita, Chile



• Atorpharm
  Medis, Latvia



• Atorsan
  Sandoz, Indonesia



• Atorva Teva
  Teva, Hungary



• Atorva
  Cadila, Sri Lanka; Zydus Cadila, India; Zydus Cadila, Myanmar



• Atorvastatin Actavis
  Actavis, Estonia; Actavis, Latvia



• Atorvastatin Hasan
  Hasan, Vietnam



• Atorvastatin Hexal
  Dr. Schlichtiger, Hungary



• Atorvastatin Krka
  Krka, Finland



• Atorvastatin Medis
  Medis, Estonia



• Atorvastatin Orion
  Orion, Finland



• Atorvastatin Richet
  Richet, Argentina



• Atorvastatina L.B.A.
  Lba, Argentina



• Atorvastatina
  Mintlab, Chile; Rider, Chile; Sanitas, Chile



• Atorvastatin-ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Czech Republic



• Atorvin
  Medis, Latvia



• Atorvox
  Gedeon Richter, Hungary



• Atova
  Beximco, Bangladesh; Beximco, Myanmar



• Atovarol
  Procaps, Colombia



• Atovin
  Alco, Bangladesh



• Atroact
  XL, Vietnam



• Avas
  Micro Labs, Myanmar; Opsonin, Bangladesh



• Avascare
  Q-Check, India



• Avascare-EZ (Atorvastatin and Ezetimibe)
  Q-Check, India



• Avastatin
  Edruc, Bangladesh



• Axo
  Bussié, Colombia; Bussié, Dominican Republic; Bussié, Guatemala; Bussié, Honduras; Bussié, Nicaragua; Bussié, Panama; Bussié, El Salvador



• Aztor
  Sun, Sri Lanka; Sun, Myanmar



• Biger
  Boehringer Ingelheim, Greece



• Biostatina
  Biotoscana, Colombia



• Caduet (Atorvastatin and Amlodipine)
  Pfizer, Austria; Pfizer, Australia; Pfizer, Bahrain; Pfizer, Canada; Pfizer, Switzerland; Pfizer, China; Pfizer, France; Pfizer, Croatia (Hrvatska); Pfizer, Hungary; Pfizer, Indonesia; Pfizer, Malta; Pfizer, Oman; Pfizer, Singapore; Pfizer, Slovakia; Pfizer, United States; Pfizer, South Africa



• Card-OK
  Vivax, Greece



• Cardyl
  Pfizer, Spain



• Cardyn
  Abdi Ibrahim, Turkey



• Cholvast
  Biofarma, Turkey



• Colastin L
  Deva, Turkey



• Colostat
  Ibn Sina, Bangladesh



• Danelip
  Santa, Greece



• Delipost
  Rafarm, Greece



• Dislipat
  Medico, Hungary



• Divastin
  Drug International, Bangladesh



• Divator
  Drogsan, Turkey



• Doss-Medichrom
  Medichrom, Greece



• Finlipol
  Microsules, Argentina



• Fluxol
  Farmachrom, Greece



• Holisten
  Demo, Greece



• Hypolip
  Pharmaconsult, Hungary



• Kolestor
  Eczacibasi, Turkey



• Larus
  Medis, Slovakia



• Liparex
  Finadiet, Argentina



• Lipex Ariston
  Ariston, Ecuador



• Lipex
  Orion, Bangladesh



• Lipibec
  Ivax, Argentina



• Lipicon
  Eskayef, Bangladesh



• Lipidan
  Zifam India, Myanmar



• Lipidra
  Nobel, Turkey



• Lipigan
  Nexus Medicals, Greece



• Lipinor
  Rephco, Bangladesh



• Lipitaksin
  Fako, Turkey



• Lipitin
  General Pharma, Bangladesh



• Lipitor Lyfjaver
  Lyfjaver, Iceland



• Lipitor Orifarm
  Pfizer, Denmark



• Lipitor Paranova
  Pfizer, Denmark



• Lipitor PharmaCoDane
  Pfizer, Denmark



• Lipitor SinGad
  Pfizer, Denmark



• Lipitor
  Astellas, Japan; Combiphar, Netherlands; Delphi, Netherlands; Elea, Argentina; Euro, Netherlands; Medcor, Netherlands; Parke Davis, Oman; Parke Davis, United States; Pfizer, United Arab Emirates; Pfizer, Australia; Pfizer, Belgium; Pfizer, Bahrain; Pfizer, Brazil; Pfizer, Belize; Pfizer, Canada; Pfizer, Chile; Pfizer, China; Pfizer, Colombia; Pfizer, Costa Rica; Pfizer, Cyprus; Pfizer, Ecuador; Pfizer, Egypt; Pfizer, Finland; Pfizer, United Kingdom; Pfizer, Greece; Pfizer, Guatemala; Pfizer, Hong Kong; Pfizer, Honduras; Pfizer, Indonesia; Pfizer, Israel; Pfizer, Iceland; Pfizer, Jordan; Pfizer, Kenya; Pfizer, Kuwait; Pfizer, Lebanon; Pfizer, Luxembourg; Pfizer, Myanmar; Pfizer, Malta; Pfizer, Mexico; Pfizer, Malaysia; Pfizer, Nicaragua; Pfizer, Netherlands; Pfizer, Norway; Pfizer, New Zealand; Pfizer, Oman; Pfizer, Panama; Pfizer, Philippines; Pfizer, Saudi Arabia; Pfizer, Sweden; Pfizer, Singapore; Pfizer, El Salvador; Pfizer, Thailand; Pfizer, Turkey; Pfizer, Taiwan; Pfizer, United States; Pfizer, Venezuela; Pfizer, Vietnam; Pfizer, South Africa



• Lipium
  Farmachrom, Greece



• Lipivastin
  Mekophar, Vietnam



• Lipizem
  png Gerolymatos, Greece



• Lipizim
  Gutis, Costa Rica; Gutis, El Salvador



• Lipobi
  Nipa, Bangladesh



• Lipocambi
  Laboratorios, Argentina



• Lipodial
  A.DH. Pharm, Greece



• Lipofin
  Fabop, Argentina



• Liponorm
  Lazar, Argentina; Lazar, Ecuador



• Liporest
  Centaur, India



• Lipostatin
  Alapis Pharma, Greece



• Lipostop
  Denver, Argentina



• Lipovast
  Anfarm, Greece



• Lipovastatin
  Klonal, Argentina



• Liprimar
  Pfizer, Georgia; Pfizer, Hungary; Pfizer, Russian Federation



• Liptor
  Acme, Bangladesh



• Livas
  Techno, Bangladesh



• Locol
  Popular, Bangladesh



• Lorvaten
  Pharmex, Greece



• Lowlipen
  Biogen, Colombia



• Nor lipox
  Teramed, El Salvador



• Orva
  Sanofi-Aventis, Bangladesh



• Pharmastatin
  Medis, Slovakia



• Plan
  Craveri, Argentina



• Prevencor
  Almirall, Spain



• Saphire
  Aset, Turkey



• Sortis
  Goedecke, Bulgaria; Heinrich Mack, Bulgaria; Pfizer, Austria; Pfizer, Switzerland; Pfizer, Czech Republic; Pfizer, Estonia; Pfizer, Croatia (Hrvatska); Pfizer, Hungary; Pfizer, Lithuania



• Stacor
  Unimed & Unihealth, Bangladesh



• Stator
  Dexa Medica, Indonesia



• Storvas
  Ranbaxy, Ecuador; Ranbaxy, Sri Lanka; Ranbaxy, Myanmar; Ranbaxy, Vietnam



• Tahor
  Pfizer, Burkina Faso; Pfizer, Benin; Pfizer, Central African Republic; Pfizer, Congo; Pfizer, Cote D'ivoire; Pfizer, Cameroon; Pfizer, France; Pfizer, Gabon; Pfizer, Guinea; Pfizer, Mali; Pfizer, Mauritania; Pfizer, Niger; Pfizer, Senegal; Pfizer, Chad; Pfizer, Togo; Pfizer, Zaire



• Tarden
  Abdi Ibrahim, Turkey



• Tarimyl
  Leti, Venezuela



• Taven
  Renata, Bangladesh



• TCL-R
  Aristopharma, Bangladesh



• TG-Tor
  Unichem, Sri Lanka



• Tiginor
  Incepta, Bangladesh



• Torivas
  Baliarda, Argentina



• Torvacard
  Zentiva, Czech Republic; Zentiva, Estonia; Zentiva, Hungary; Zentiva, Lithuania; Zentiva, Latvia; Zentiva, Poland



• Torvalipin
  Actavis, Hungary



• Torvast Orifarm
  Pfizer, Denmark



• Torvast
  Pfizer, Italy



• Totalip
  Guidotti, Italy



• Trova
  Bio-Pharma, Bangladesh



• Tulip
  KBM, Estonia; Lek, Czech Republic; Lek, Croatia (Hrvatska); Lek, Russian Federation; Sandoz, Poland; Sandoz, Slovakia



• Vasolip
  Unique, Sri Lanka



• Vass
  Novartis, Bangladesh



• Vastat
  Bosnalijek, Bosnia & Herzegowina



• Vastatin
  Edruc, Bangladesh



• Vastina
  Penn, Argentina



• Voredanin
  Ozone, Slovakia



• Xelitor
  Novo Healthcare, Bangladesh



• Xelpid
  Healthcare, Bangladesh



• Zarator
  Parke Davis, Spain; Pfizer, Chile; Pfizer, Denmark; Pfizer, Greece; Pfizer, Iceland; Pfizer, Portugal



• Zoamco
  10/20/40PMP, Vietnam



• Zydus Atorva
  Zydus cadila, Vietnam

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