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Statin’s benefit for secondary prevention confirmed : What is the optimal dosing strategy? Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 49 discusses optimal dosing strategies for statins for secondary prevention. Conclusions: Statins provide a cardiovascular and total mortality benefit for patients with clinically evident occlusive vascular disease (secondary prevention) and a cholesterol of >3.5 mM. Large RCTs are required to test different statin dosing strategies for secondary prevention before making firm recommendations.

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Title
Statin’s benefit for secondary prevention confirmed : What is the optimal dosing strategy?
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 49
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2003-09
Description
Therapeutics Letter 49 discusses optimal dosing strategies for statins for secondary prevention. Conclusions: Statins provide a cardiovascular and total mortality benefit for patients with clinically evident occlusive vascular disease (secondary prevention) and a cholesterol of >3.5 mM. Large RCTs are required to test different statin dosing strategies for secondary prevention before making firm recommendations.
Subject
Cholesterol; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; Secondary Prevention; Vascular Diseases
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433628
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85038
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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