Compare Livalo vs. Vytorin
Head-to-head comparisons of medication uses, side effects, ratings, and more.
Lowers cholesterol.
Livalo (pitavastatin) lowers your cholesterol and prevents heart disease, but may be more expensive than other medicines that work just like it.
Lowers cholesterol.
Vytorin is expensive and is no more effective than simvastatin by itself.
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3.3/ 5 average rating with 99 reviewsforVytorin
Upsides
- Good add-on therapy for reducing cholesterol if diet and exercise aren't enough.
- Lowers your risk for heart attack, stroke, and death.
- Livalo (pitavastatin) has fewer drug interactions with HIV medications compared to other cholesterol-lowering treatment options.
- A 2-in-1 cholesterol-lowering combination medicine.
- Lowers "bad" cholesterol (LDL) and raises "good" cholesterol (HDL) in people who have trouble doing this through diet and exercise.
Downsides
- Expensive if not covered by insurance.
- Cholesterol-lowering effect may not be enough if you have very high cholesterol.
- Many cannot tolerate this medicine and ones similar to it, because of severe pains and muscle aches.
- In clinical studies, simvastatin/ezetimibe hasn't controlled cholesterol better than simvastatin alone.
- There's no generic available, so it can be expensive.
Used for
- High cholesterol and fats in the blood
Dosage forms
- Pill
- Pill
Price
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Reviews
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99 reviews so far
53%
saidit'sworth it
36%
saiditworked well
19%
saidit'sa big hassle
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Leave a reviewSide effects
The Livalo (pitavastatin) FDA package insert doesn’t have numbers about how common side effects are.
8possible side effects
- Headache6%
- Any side effect5%
- Increased ALT4%
- Myalgia4%
- Upper respiratory tract infection4%
- Diarrhea3%
- Influenza2%
- Pain in extremity2%
Risks and risk factors
- High blood sugars
- Liver damage
- Heavy alcohol use
- Prior history of chronic liver disease
- Muscle pain
- High doses of Livalo (pitavastatin)
- Elderly
- Birth defects
- Muscle pain
- Asian patients taking high-dose niacin
- Liver damage
- Past history of liver disease
- heavy alcohol use
- High blood sugar
- Diabetes
- Increased risk for colds and flu
- Skin reactions
- Harm to fetus
- Pregnancy