Alternatives to lipitor?

Question:

looking for anyones personal experiences with reformulated alternative meds to Lipitor. My Insurance wont consider it to be the "preferred" med, which makes it $20 more than every other alternative. Should I stay with the Lipitor or try an alt, such as Vytorin or Zocor

Answers:
The best thing to do is take the list of drugs your insurance company will pay for to the Dr's office and he/she can decide which is the best alternative for you.

Other Answers:
I like Zetia

You need to discuss this with your doctor. Explain the problem and ask them if they could recommend an alternative.
Don't take medical advice from here. You never know who is offering the advice, and you really don't want to take prescription advice from the kid working at the 7-11 or washing cars at the local Sunoco do you?

I could not take lipitor, so zocor is pretty much the same thing... took it for years...it lowers your chlolestrol... but vytorin is a pill that is half zocor and half something else.... I take that now... it lowers chlol with the zocor part and the other half of the pill either raises your HDL ( the good stuff) or it lowers the LDL ( the bad stuff)...I forget which... but never had any side effects with either of these

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