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Atorvastatin
Statin (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor)Brand: Lipitor
Statins work across racial groups, with consistent LDL reductions and CV outcome benefits in pooled analyses. Specific evidence in Black patients:Jackson Heart …
View guideRosuvastatin
StatinBrand: Crestor, Ezallor
The JUPITER trial (Ridker et al., NEJM 2008;359:2195 to 2207, PMID 18997196) randomized 17,802 adults with low LDL but elevated CRP and …
View guideSimvastatin
StatinBrand: Zocor
Simvastatin's outcome data comes principally from 4S (Lancet 1994;344:1383 to 9) and HPS (Lancet 2002;360:7 to 22), trials with few Black participants. …
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