Up to 30% of patients prescribed treatment to lower LDL-C are intolerant of statins and discontinue taking them1,2. Additionally, a large segment of the LDL-C population is not at treatment goal3. These patients require additional non-statin therapy or an entirely non-statin alternative.
When considering a non-statin therapy for your patients, whether as add-on or replacement, how important are each of the following traits: oral vs. injectable product, effect on CRP, low risk of new incident diabetes? European and US guidelines differ as do AHA/ACC and AACE/ACE; which guidelines do you follow and why?
- 1 https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(18)30041-7/fulltext
- 2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960491/
- 3 https://www.tctmd.com/news/ldl-levels-still-too-high-many-statin-treated-patients-pinnacle
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Anonymous User3yrI also follow AHA guidelines unless there is a compelling reason not to. Statin therapy is still considered first line along with lifestyle modification and non statin orals can be Show More -
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