Generic name for lipitor?

 Category: Lipitor

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What is the medication Lyrica is that a name for lipitor?

In the envelope of mail order prescriptions the bottle says Lyrica and it is supose to be lipitor? Is that a generic name?
Or did they make a mistake?

I'm a nurse, and they DEFIANTLY made a mistake! Lipitor is a cholesterol lowering medication, and Lyrica is used for neuropathathy. I'd call the pharmacy ASAP and ask to speak to a supervisor to get the problem corrected.

Can someone rate the statins(like lipitor, Crestor, etc.) and name ones that have become generic?

(A pharmacist said that Lipitor is the most widely used?) Any knowledge about the setbacks with Vytorin? What about Zetia? (tho it isn't a statin)? When statins inhibit liver synthesis of cholesterol does that lower natural hormonal levels?

Crestor seems to work the best of the bunch.

The ones that are generic are Zocor, Pravachol, and Mevacor. Of course Mevacor isn't that good.

The 'setbacks' with Vytorin are probably the recent findings with Zetia. It does lower your cholesterol but doesn't reduce plaque formation in the arteries. That is the whole reason we are trying to lower cholesterol. So until further notice.....don't bother taking Zetia. Statins have been proven to lower cholesterol AND reduce plaque formation.

Even when your levels are normal, there is ample cholesterol available to make any and all hormones etc. that utilize cholesterol in their synthesis.