My LDL level is 128 mg/dL, my HDL is 49 mg/dL, and my total cholesterol is 192 mg/dL. Over the years, my numbers go up and down. I feel that if I controlled my diet better, I could get my LDL level ...

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However, our minds and eyes keep darting to the computer screen and the growing inbox of messages from other patients: “I forgot my Lipitor for a week, should I double up tomorrow?” ...

In the United States, Pfizer’s revenue was further hit by the loss of exclusivity of high chlorestorol medication, Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium), when its patent ran out in November 2011.