LIPITOR® (atorvastatin calcium) is a prescription medicine used to lower high cholesterol levels and to help reduce the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Consult your doctor to see if this medicine is right for you. Do not take this medicine if you have liver disease, are pregnant or intend to become pregnant, if you are breastfeeding, or have an allergy to the active ingredient (atorvastatin) or other tablet ingredients. Precautions: people who consume large quantities of alcohol and/or have a history of liver problems; people who have muscle pain, tenderness or weakness; patients who have had a type of stroke called a haemorrhagic stroke or a type of stroke called a lacunar infarct. There are some medicines that may interfere with LIPITOR. These include digoxin, antibiotics (erythromycin, clarithromycin, rifampicin), phenytoin, oral contraceptives, cyclosporin, medicines used to treat HIV infection (efavirenz, protease inhibitors), treatments for fungal infections, diltiazem and other medicines used to treat high cholesterol or triglycerides. Caution should be exercised if a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor is administered concomitantly with other drugs that may decrease the levels or activity of endogenous steroid hormones such as ketoconazole, spironolactone and cimetidine. Excessive quantities of grapefruit juice may interfere with LIPITOR. Possible side effects: headache, abdominal pain, nausea, constipation, diarrhoea, difficulty sleeping and muscle pain, tenderness or weakness. If you have side effects see your doctor. Always read the label and use strictly as directed. LIPITOR® is fully funded under special authority. Contains atorvastatin 10mg, 20mg & 40mg. Further medicine details are available at www.medsafe.govt.nz. Pfizer New Zealand LTD PO Box 3998, Auckland, 0800 675229, www.pfizer.co.nz ®Registered Trademark