Effectiveness of rosuvastatin in reducing LDL-C and target LDL-C goal attainment in real-world clinical practice

SK Gandhi, K Järbrink, KM Fox… - … medical research and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This article reviewed the collective evidence from routine clinical practice to
summarize the existing literature on the effectiveness of rosuvastatin in treating …

[PDF][PDF] Rising to the challenge of treating high-risk patients

RM Guthrie - Am J Manag Care, 2006 - ajmc.s3.amazonaws.com
Abstract Guidelines from the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult
Treatment Panel III (ATP III) focus the need for the most intensive efforts to lower low-density …

Effectiveness of rosuvastatin in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering and National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel guideline III LDL‑C …

KM Fox, SK Gandhi, RL Ohsfeldt… - … medical research and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To compare effectiveness of rosuvastatin (RSV) with other statins on lowering low-
density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and LDL‑C goal attainment among patients with type …

Expanding options with a wider range of rosuvastatin doses

AG Olsson - Clinical therapeutics, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND:: The dose range for rosuvastatin in Europe has recently been expanded to
5 to 40 mg and is now in line with the dose range currently available in the United States …

Rosuvastatin in the management of hyperlipidemia

JWM Cheng - Clinical therapeutics, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND:: Rosuvastatin is a new statin indicated to reduce elevated levels of total
cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides and to increase …

Rosuvastatin is cost-effective compared with atorvastatin in reaching cholesterol goals

M Hirsch, J O'donnell, A Olsson - International journal of cardiology, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels reduces the
risk of coronary heart disease. The introduction of a highly efficacious new statin …

Rosuvastatin for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia

NS Culhane, SL Lettieri, JR Skae - … : The Journal of Human …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Rosuvastatin, a new hydrophilic 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase
inhibitor (statin), is approved as an adjunct to diet in patients with primary …

Achieving 2003 European lipid goals with rosuvastatin and comparator statins in 6743 patients in real-life clinical practice: DISCOVERY meta-analysis

A Middleton, AS Binbrek, FAH Fonseca… - … medical research and …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Background: There is an increasing body of evidence to support the benefits of reducing low-
density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and this has been reflected in a lowering of …

Achieving lipid goals with rosuvastatin compared with simvastatin in high risk patients in real clinical practice: a randomized, open-label, parallel-group, multi-center …

T Laks, E Keba, M Leiner, E Merilind… - Vascular Health and …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this multi-center, open-label, randomized, parallel-group trial was to compare the
efficacy of rosuvastatin with that of simvastatin in achieving the 1998 European …

More Western hypercholesterolemic patients achieve Japan Atherosclerosis Society LDL-C goals with rosuvastatin therapy than with atorvastatin, pravastatin, or …

K Strutt, R Caplan, H Hutchison, A Dane… - Circulation …, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background Data from Western comparative trials suggest that rosuvastatin is more effective
than atorvastatin, simvastatin, and pravastatin in helping hypercholesterolemic patients …