Atorvastatin is a generic drug prescribed for conditions including high cholesterol in adults and some children. Atorvastatin comes as an oral tablet that’s typically taken once per day.

In patients with normal baseline HDL-C, bezafibrate was superior to atorvastatin for raising HDL-C, while in those with baseline HDL-C <35 mg/dL, the two drugs raised HDL-C to a similar extent ...