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2. Why CVS Charges $133 More Than Costco for Generic Lipitor - AOL

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   Jb Reed, Bloomberg via Getty Images By Emily Jane Fox CVS (CVS) charges $150 for a monthly prescription of the generic version of the cholesterol drug Lipitor. The same drug goes for $17 at Costco.

3. Atorvastatin - Wikipedia

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   Initially, generic atorvastatin was manufactured only by Watson Pharmaceuticals and India's Ranbaxy Laboratories. Prices for the generic version did not drop to the level of other generics—$10 or less for a month's supply—until other manufacturers began to supply the medication in May 2012. [127]

4. Ezetimibe/simvastatin - Wikipedia

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   It is a combination of ezetimibe (known as Zetia in the United States) and the statin drug simvastatin (known as Zocor in the US). Ezetimibe reduces blood cholesterol by acting at the brush border of the small intestine and inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol, leading to a decrease in the delivery of intestinal cholesterol to the liver.

5. Rosuvastatin - Wikipedia

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   Rosuvastatin is approved in the United States for the treatment of high LDL cholesterol (dyslipidemia), total cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia), and/or triglycerides (hypertriglyceridemia). [41] In February 2010, rosuvastatin was approved by the FDA for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events.

6. Medicare announces lower prices on 10 common, high-cost drugs

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   Imbruvica, a drug for blood cancers from AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson: $9,319 negotiated price, down from $14,934 list price. Farxiga, a drug for diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease ...

7. Can 4 common medications — Viagra, estrogen, a statin ... - AOL

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   But four medications were linked to a lower risk of mortality during the 12-year study period, including sildenafil (better known as Viagra), the cholesterol drug atorvastatin, the pain reliever ...

8. Ezetimibe/atorvastatin - Wikipedia

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   Ezetimibe/atorvastatin (trade names Liptruzet, Atozet) is a cholesterol lowering combination drug. In the United States, it was approved in May 2013, by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in patients with primary or mixed hyperlipidemia as adjunctive therapy to diet. [ 1 ]

9. Statins Beware? - AOL

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   When best-selling cholesterol drug Lipitor fell off the patent cliff in 2011, the question became, "What's next?" A hot new class of treatments called PCSK9 inhibitors want to become the answer.