{"id":5283,"date":"2026-04-05T09:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5283"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:37:39","slug":"atorvastatin-20mg","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/?product=atorvastatin-20mg","title":{"rendered":"Atorvastatin 20mg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-section-id=\"10hqucf\" data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"141\">What it is<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"308\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Atorvastatin<\/span><\/span> belongs to a group called statins. It works by reducing \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol (LDL) and increasing \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol (HDL).<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"15edup\" data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"338\">\u2705 What it\u2019s used for<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"364\">Doctors prescribe it for:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"525\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1lovk2g\" data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"385\">High cholesterol<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"wd9r5\" data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"417\">Prevention of heart disease<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1al28gq\" data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"470\">Reducing risk of heart attack and stroke<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"130oulo\" data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"525\">Patients with diabetes or high cardiovascular risk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"12an2jr\" data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"552\">\ud83d\udd52 How to take it<\/h2>\n<ul data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"669\">\n<li data-section-id=\"riwe0l\" data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"583\">Usually 20 mg once daily<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"rae9v1\" data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"644\">Can be taken any time of day (same time daily is best)<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"6ez109\" data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"669\">With or without food<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3 data-section-id=\"wpc0j3\" data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"270\">How it works<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"380\">Your liver makes cholesterol using an enzyme.<br data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"319\" \/>Atorvastatin <strong data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"374\">blocks that enzyme (HMG-CoA reductase)<\/strong> \u2192 so:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"519\">Less \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol (<strong data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"416\">LDL<\/strong>) is produced<br data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"432\" \/>\u201cGood\u201d cholesterol (<strong data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"462\">HDL<\/strong>) may increase<br data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"479\" \/>\u00a0Triglycerides (blood fats) decrease<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5286,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[106],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5283","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-chronic-medications","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/5283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/5283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5287,"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/5283\/revisions\/5287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=5283"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=5283"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bauchiroyalpharmacy.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=5283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}