Table 8.

Effective clinical doses of different statins.

Statin	Daily dose (mg) to lower LDL-C by around 30%	Maximal dose (mg)
Lovastatin	40	80
Pravastatin	40	80
Simvastatin	20	40
Fluvastatin XL	80	80
Atorvastatin	10	80
Rosuvastatin	5	40
Pitavastatin	2	4