statins are considered to have a satisfactory benefit to risk balance. “But we should remember that all medicines carry associated hazards. Not listing all of the contraindications widens the ...

Researchers reported that statin hesitancy (19%), guideline-discordant practice (19%) and clinical inertia (18%) were more common compared with side effects and/or contraindications (12% ...

Individuals deemed eligible get an "OK to use" message, while those with possible contraindications or who need a high-intensity statin are told to "Ask a doctor" or "Do not use." The TACTiC study ...

New findings indicate that the adverse reactions associated with statins, the widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, may be less frequent than previously thought. Scientists now say that ...

It should not be prescribed to new patients. There are also new contraindications and dose limitations for when simvastatin is taken with certain other medications. Simvastatin is used together ...

The latest large primary prevention trial to be published is the Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (AFCAPS/Tex CAPS). [9] More than 6000 patients (with average total ...

marked interaction (relative to that of other statins) between cerivastatin and gemfibrozil, which in late 1999 led to the listing on the label of contraindications against the combined use of ...

Currently, cardiologists determine a patient's need for a statin based on traditional risk factors, using the Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE), which calculates coronary risk by assessing the risk ...

A new study finds only about 1/3 of people who could benefit from statin medications — which can help prevent heart attacks and strokes among people at risk — are taking them. Statin ...

Sounds far-fetched, but scientists in England say it might make sense for fast food joints to dispense cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to their customers. In a paper published in the current ...