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Switching Statins Effective When One Is Ineffective or Not Tolerated

Posted: Monday, October 03, 2005

For patients who do not respond adequately to simvastatin or who have adverse reactions to this statin, switching to atorvastatin is safe and effective

Statin Does Not Prevent Cardiac Events in Seriously Ill Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2005

The investigators speculate that this may be too late in the disease course for therapy to be beneficial.

Soluble Fiber Effective and Safe Additive for lowering LDL Cholesterol

Posted: Monday, June 20, 2005

Psyllium is a safe, effective, and well-tolerated add-on therapy for elevated cholesterol. "Soluble fiber supplements are recommended to reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Statins Urged for Diabetic Patients

Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2005

People with diabetes require intensive statin therapy even if their levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is within the normal range.

Drug to Fight Cholesterol Is Promising in High Doses

Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005

New strategy of higher doses of statins works to reduce LDL cholesterol and risks of strokes and heart attacks.

Although some patients developed liver problems that forced them to stop taking the medication, the researchers said, the benefits of the treatment outweighed the risks. But the researchers said more study was needed to establish its safety.

Psyllium as Effective as a Double Dose of Simvastatin in Lowering LDL Cholesterol

Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2004

"Patients are concerned with the side effects of statins," Dr. Moreyra noted, and they are likely reluctant to take a double dose of the drug. Psyllium is safe, readily available and the treatment is effective and practical, he added.

Lipitor Little Help to Diabetics on Dialysis

Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004

People with type 2 diabetes who have progressed to kidney failure don't gain much benefit from treatment with a statin drug like Lipitor.
Lipitor did not appear to lower the risk of heart attack or stroke much in such patients The good news of the tria lwas that, Lipitor was very safe and it did lower LDL ("bad") cholesterol an average of 41 percent.

Study Supports Antihypertensive Effects of Statins

Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Evidence continues to mount that HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) have significant blood pressure-lowering effects independent of their beneficial effects on cholesterol levels.

Cholesterol Drugs Lower Glaucoma Risk

Posted: Monday, September 20, 2004

Researchers found a 40 percent decrease in glaucoma among long-term statin users". So there are a couple of good reasons to suspect that statins might actually be protective for patients against developing glaucoma, or perhaps in the future against the worsening of glaucoma if someone has already developed it."

New National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Guidelines Call For LDL Levels Of Below 70

Posted: Monday, July 19, 2004

The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) has updated their Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III guidelines with evidence derived from recent statin trials. The updated recommendations, which are endorsed by The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association, suggest that more intensive cholesterol treatment is an option for people at high risk for myocardial infarction (MI) and cardiovascular death.
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