Thesaurus Medical Related to Statins:pravastatin,Lipitor stat·in (stăt′n) n. Any of a class of lipid-lowering drugs that reduce serum cholesterol levels by inhibiting a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of cholesterol. [From the names of such lipid-lowering drugs aspravastatin.] ...
21.1%) concerning personal beliefs or attitudes about statins, 787 (71.7%) referred to risk compensation behaviors in which patients engage in behaviors such as poor diet and physical inactivity while perceiving themselves to be protected or at lower risk by virtue of taking preventative medications....
Meaning These findings suggest that statin medications for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events may reduce cardiac events for some adults aged 50 to 75 years with a life expectancy of at least 2.5 years; no data suggest a mortality benefit.Abstract...
All ambulatory medical visits associated with a diabetes diagnosis by the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification were included. Prescriptions for statin medications were determined by searching each ambulatory visit for relevant drug names (trade and generic). ...
Ghouse said he was surprised by the magnitude of the association. “The main difference between the two analyses is that loss-of-function mutations are really more detrimental than common variants, meaning they mimic change that is often induced by medications,” he said. “We believe that...
Although the combination of statin plus fibrate is accompanied by an increased danger of myopathy, the use of moderate statin doses combined with fibrate appears to have a relatively low incidence of myopathy, especially when used in persons without multisystem disease or multiple medications. The ...
We used names of cardiovascular medications for the search formula, because a few articles in the authors’ reference list, which mainly reported issues related to cardiovascular medications, described the HR of statins to mortality [13, 14]. We used similar words for other databases. Articles in...
We used names of cardiovascular medi- cations for the search formula, because a few articles in the authors' reference list, which mainly reported issues related to cardiovascular medications, described the HR of statins to mortality [13,14]. We used similar words for other databases. Articles ...
This method applies these medications (statin drugs) in a form such as sublingual (under the tongue) for rapid absorption and immediate high blood levels similar to that of nitroglycerin. The advantage of this method is that it will benefit those who are stricken with strokes and heart attacks...
"Med recon," as it is often called, is a 3-step process that involves: * Verification of prescription and appropriate use of medications. * Documentation of any variance or redundancy in that use (eg, a patient who is taking 2 [beta]-blockers with differe...