… is not difficult but does require an understanding of statins’ metabolic … the optimal approach
to limiting the adverse effects of statins while simultaneously optimizing the benefits of statin …

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… Therefore, the prescription of statins for primary prevention should be individualized on the …

… generally less likely to prescribe high-intensity statins, except in primary prevention, or
treat … Meanwhile, guideline developers could best decrease overall and CVD mortality and …

… that prescribing a low- to moderate-dose statin for most persons at risk for coronary artery
disease (… Although no mortality benefit was observed in IDEAL or TNT, we included a mortality …

… It is common practice to prescribe statins at ever-increasing dosages until the LDLc goal is
reached. However, this is not the optimal approach to statin therapy for 2 reasons. First, the …

… statins, are powerful cholesterol-lowering medications and have provided outstanding
contributions to the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (… achieve optimal …

… of incident atherosclerotic CVD and to provide practical advice for prescribing statins among
patients without preexisting atherosclerotic CVD in general medicine practice. In particular, …

… The localities in the current study have higher than average uptake of NHS Health
Checks illustrating that even here, statin use at highest CVD risk of ≥20% is far from optimal. …

… or reduce cardiovascular disease risk.Expert committees promote their use on a global
scale,4-7 and statin prescribing and … is not controlled by optimal statin therapy.Combination …

… Follow-up for incident CVD was from 24 months after first prescription of any statin, to first
record of either a CVD event, non-CVD-related death, transfer out of the practice, or the end of …