Table 1.

Classification of lipid-lowering drugs according to their ability to reduce cholesterol.

Lowering ability	Treatments
Extreme	Evolocumab 140 mg
	Alirocumab 75 mg
	Alirocumab 150 mg
Very high	Potent statin + ezetimibe
	Atorvastatin 40–80 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Rosuvastatin 10–40 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
High	High-potency statin
	Atorvastatin 40–80 mg
	Rosuvastatin 20–40 mg
	Medium-potency statin + ezetimibe
	Simvastatin 20-40 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Pravastatin 40 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Lovastatin 40 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Fluvastatin 80 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Pitavastatin 2–4 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Atorvastatin 10–20 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Rosuvastatin 5 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
Moderate	Medium-potency statin
	Atorvastatin 10–20 mg
	Rosuvastatin 5–10 mg
	Simvastatin 20–40 mg
	Pravastatin 40 mg
	Lovastatin 40 mg
	Pitavastatin 2–4 mg
	Fluvastatin XL 80 mg
	Low-potency statin + ezetimibe
	Simvastatin 10 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Pravastatin 20 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Lovastatin 20 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Fluvastatin 40 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg
	Pitavastatin 1 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg

Source: Escobar et al. (22).