Compared with high-intensity statin therapy, moderate intensity statin therapy plus ezetimibe was equally effective in preventing CV events among patients undergoing PCI. Moderate-intensity statin ...
Statins are among the most commonly prescribed medications for reducing high cholesterol and lowering the risk of heart attack and stroke. People searching for popular statin medications are often ...
Dr. Charles Hennekens, a medical school professor and heart disease researcher at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., says too many patients at high risk of heart attacks and stroke are ...
A number of researchers are opposing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s new recommendation on statin use, which expands the age of people who should be screened for the cholesterol medication ...
Atorvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by 50% or more when taken in high doses. Simvastatin can lower LDL cholesterol by up ...
There is broad consensus that the overall body of evidence shows lowering LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol provides both statistically significant and clinically meaningful benefits in ...
(HealthDay News) — Some clinical departments tend to undertreat when prescribing statins, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. Hun-Sung Kim, MD, PhD, ...
LONDON, England—Aggressive cholesterol lowering at the time of hospitalization for MI results in better clinical outcomes at 1 year when compared with the current stepwise treatment strategy, ...
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 31 (UPI) --Doctors are routinely "underdosing" statins for patients at risk for heart attacks and strokes due to elevated levels of "bad" cholesterol, even though the drugs have ...