KOVACZS replied: "There is no need to tapper down Benicar or Lipitor. If you stop benicar the High blood pressure may cause end organ damage (morbidity) and a complication like stroke, heart disease renal disease or Other increasing mortality at early age. Please read about FRAMINGHAM study. Lipitor and other statin are medications that control an enzyme that act producing cholesterol. As is well known, Cholesterol is either produced or ingested in the daily diet. It is been prove in multiple studies the benefit of having a low cholesterol- LDL and triglycerides in the decrease of vascular events like stroke, hearts disease and complications of which is hardening of the vascular system. All this diseases are related to aging and also because of multiple external, and inherited risk factors. How you can avoid these,exercising, having and excellent diet, free of cholesterol, free of smoking, drugs, stress, having a perfect genetic make up. But this is not a perfect life nor a perfect world, human body is not perfect. If you still younger start changing your life for the years to come. We can not scape aging, at least for now until research find the fountain of youth."

Syling replied: "You can stop lipitor quickly or slowly, it doesn't matter. The main side effect is that your cholesterol will rise maybe a lot, which may lead to a heart attack or a stroke. This is a bad thing. I wouldn't stop it unless you are having problems with it."