Pharmacist-Led Programs to Increase Statin Prescribing: A Narrative Review of the Literature
Pharmacy, 2022 Statins are lipid-lowing medications shown to reduce cardiovascular events and are recommended for specific patient populations at elevated risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).
Mary Elkomos +2 more
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Differential and Joint Effects of Metformin and Statins on Overall Survival of Elderly Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Large Population-Based Study. [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Published evidence indicates that individual use of metformin and statin is associated with reduced cancer mortality. However, their differential and joint effects on pancreatic cancer survival are inconclusive.Methods: We identified a large ...
Demissie, Kitaw +9 more
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Effect of Concomitant 3-Hydroxy-3-Methyl-Glutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Therapy on Creatine Phosphokinase Levels and Mortality Among Patients Receiving Daptomycin: Retrospective Cohort Study. [PDF]
, 2014 IntroductionThe prescribing information for daptomycin recommends discontinuing statin therapy during receipt of daptomycin. The literature supporting this recommendation is sparse.
Lodise, Thomas +4 more
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Utilization of Statins Beyond the Initial Period After Stroke and 1‐Year Risk of Recurrent Stroke
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017 BackgroundIn‐hospital discontinuation of statins has been linked to poorer early stroke outcomes, but the consequences of postdischarge discontinuation or dose reduction of statin treatment are unknown.
Meng Lee +10 more
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Frequency Of Development Of Connective Tissue Disease In Statin-Users Versus Nonusers [PDF]
, 2013 Statins have pleiotropic properties that may affect the development of connective tissue diseases (CTD). The objective of this study was to compare the risk of CTD diagnoses in statin users and nonusers. This study was a propensity score-matched analysis
Battafarano, Daniel F. +4 more
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Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, 2017 Objective: Lifelong statin treatment is recommended in patients with cardiovascular diseases, but drug adherence is a significant problem. The aim of this study was to investigate factors related to statin discontinuation in high-risk patients with ...
Tuba Özdemir +9 more
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Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2018 Statins are critical medications to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease2 and they are generally very well tolerated. In some instances, however, statin intolerance may limit use of these lifesaving medications. Statin intolerance has many definitions but is commonly diagnosed when a patient is unable to continue statin therapy due to perceived, or
Alan S, Brown, Karol E, Watson
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Letter by Scheitz et al regarding article, "Randomized controlled trial of early versus delayed statin therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke: ASSORT trial (administration of statin on acute ischemic stroke patient)" [PDF]
, 2018 No abstract ...
Endres, Matthias +2 more
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Risk of rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis in statin users in a large nationwide US study
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2021 Objective To evaluate the association between statin use and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a large, US case-control study. Methods Using the OptumLabs Data Warehouse, RA cases were identified as patients aged ≥18 years with ≥2 RA ...
Madeline N. Peterson +5 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Nanosecond infrared laser (NIRL) low‐volume sampling combined with shotgun lipidomics uncovers distinct lipidome alterations in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) of the palatine tonsil. Several lipid species consistently differentiate tumor from healthy tissue, highlighting their potential as diagnostic markers.
Leonard Kerkhoff +11 more
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