Rumors of cholesterol lowering treatment Lipitor tablet going out of stock have been spreading throughout major pharmacies, but its company clarified the rumor is false.

Pfizer Upjohn Korea on Tuesday told Daily Pharm that the manufacturing of Lipitor 10 mg tablet (28BLP/ 90BLT) has no issue at the moment.

The company’s statement was an answer to the recent Lipitor stock-out rumor spreading among pharmacies.

Apparently, the talk of Lipitor going out of stock until next year was looming from pharmacists on social media channels and triggered some pharmacies to start hoarding the product.

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