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In short, the administration of rosuvastatin and atrovastatin was
found to be more effective in the treatment of hyperlipidaemic
patients than that of pravastatin. Although flavostatin also had a
profound effect, the dosage was high compared to other statins.
Hence its effectiveness compared to rosuvastatin and atrovastatin
need to be further investigated.

Rosuvastatin and Atrovastatin can be more effective in reducing
hyperlipidemia compared to other classes of statin drugs and thus
further reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in such
patients.In addition to that,Rosuvasatin had less side effects in
patients as compared to atrovastatin and can be defined as the
most effective among the statin class of drugs.

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