A Yale University study has found that new national guidelines can improve the way statin drugs are prescribed to patients at risk for cardiovascular disease. The research, published Aug. 25 in the iJournal of the American College of Cardiology/i, also showed the new guidelines produce only a modest increase in the number of patients being given the drugs. Statins are a class of drugs that help lower cholesterol by blocking the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, ...Saturday, 30 August 2014
New Statin Guidelines an Improvement: Study
A Yale University study has found that new national guidelines can improve the way statin drugs are prescribed to patients at risk for cardiovascular disease. The research, published Aug. 25 in the iJournal of the American College of Cardiology/i, also showed the new guidelines produce only a modest increase in the number of patients being given the drugs. Statins are a class of drugs that help lower cholesterol by blocking the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, ...
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