At the individual patient level, health beliefs, perceptions of own cardiovascular risk and need for medication, concerns about side-effects and inconvenience of treatment may influence adherence. In clinical t
Can take a break from statins, which can help you learn if the drugs are the cause of muscle aches or other side effects Could try a different statin drug or dose Can try another type of medication to lower your cholesterol Should take vitamin D or coenzyme Q10 supplements, which may stav...
What Are the Potential Benefits and Harms of Using Statins to Prevent CVD? Potential benefits of statin use in persons at increased CVD risk include decreased risk of heart attack, stroke, and death. Potential harms of statins include medication side effects (such as muscle aches) and are likel...
You and your doctor will need to come up with other strategies to add to your medication. A very unhealthy diet. Statins alone may not be enough to lower your cholesterol if you eat a lot of foods that are high in saturated fats. A heart-healthy diet is a key part of cholesterol ...
Any common and mild side effects you experience from statins will wear off or improve after your body gets used to taking the medication, usually within a few weeks. You may also find that you get used to and are able to cope with side effects like muscle aches and pains. Depending on ...
Medication avoidance and burden General aversion to pharmaceuticalsConcerns for side effects (ie, fear of, perceived, experienced)Preference for lifestyle changesPill burden or financial barriers∗ Inadequate buy-in for statin therapy Not convinced of statin benefitMisconceptions about statinsLack of accep...
said that most websites studied presented a chaotic and incomplete list of known side-effects and failed to apprise consumers of the potential problems or dangers associated with the medication. Furthermore he said that most of the web sites see patients as customers and market statins as ‘life...
European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society14 have all emphasized, shared decision-making of the anticipated benefits, harms, and uncertainties in predicting CVD are essential in determining whether to initiate a medication that a patient may possibly take for the remainder of their ...
Therefore, it is of utmost importance to understand the impact of statin medication on cancer patients, not only tumor formation and progression but also on cancer metastasis and treatment response. The effect of statins as a potential treatment for cancer development, progression, and metastasis has...
Current medication options for lipid-lowering therapy include statins, bile acid sequestrants, a cholesterol-absorption inhibitor, fibrates, nicotinic acid, and omega-3 fatty acids, which all have various mechanisms of action and pharmacokinetic properties. The most widely prescribed lipid-lowering agents...