belongs to a group of medicines named statins, which are lipid-inhibitors.

Atorvastatin, active substance of FLUXOL^®, is used to reduce lipids in the blood, known as cholesterol and triglycerides. If you have multiple risk for heart disease, FLUXOL® is used to diminish this risk, even if your cholesterol levels are normal.

Cholesterol is a naturally occurring substance in the body necessary for normal development. However, if the levels of cholesterol in your blood are high enough, it remains on the walls of arteries, which can block.

This is one of the most common reasons of heart disease. High cholesterol levels increase the risks of a heart disease.

There are also other factors to increase the risk of a heart disease such as high blood pressure, diabetes, increased body weight, lack of exercise, smoking, or family history of heart diseases.