If You Have High Cholesterol...
If you have high cholesterol, you may not even know it. People with high cholesterol usually have no symptoms. So you could be at risk even if you’re feeling fine. But a simple blood test can help you and your doctor learn whether your cholesterol is higher than it should be.
If you have high cholesterol, you're not alone. More than 1 in 5 adults in the United States has high cholesterol. High cholesterol is one of many risk factors for heart disease. High cholesterol can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
If you have high cholesterol, the first step should be to make meaningful changes in your eating habits and to exercise. Hopefully, diet and exercise alone will be enough. However, for 2 out of 3 people with high cholesterol, diet and exercise may not be enough and a cholesterol-lowering medicine such as LIPITOR may also be necessary.
Along with diet and exercise, LIPITOR is proven to lower "bad" cholesterol by 39%-60% (average effect depending on dose).
And LIPITOR, along with diet, is clinically proven to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with heart disease or several common risk factors for heart disease. Common risk factors include family history of early heart disease, high blood pressure, low good cholesterol, age, and smoking.
LIPITOR is the #1 prescribed branded cholesterol-lowering medicine in the world,* LIPITOR is one of the most widely studied medicines in the world—with more than 17 years of research. It has been studied in over 400 ongoing or completed clinical studies that included over 80,000 patients.‡
Talk to your doctor about high cholesterol and your treatment options. And ask if LIPITOR is right for you.
*IMS Health. MIDAS Q1, 2009.
†Patients were compensated to share their stories.
‡Data on file. Pfizer Inc, New York, NY.