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most sought-after journals and is trusted to provide accurate information on modern medicine. While Dr. Abramson was skimming the journal, he began to read about a new study that intrigued him. This study was publicizing the ability of Pravachol, a statin drug; that may also be able to reduce the risk of strokes in the drug’s users. He found that not only had the journal had a misleading tone but once he delved deeper into the findings, that the study only pertained to patients who had…

978-1-4557-0736-2 Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek and Ellen Fineout-Overholt. Evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005:10. Reinhart, K. M., & Woods, J. A. (2012). Strategies to preserve the use of statins in patients with previous muscular adverse effects. American Journal of health-system pharmacy, 69(4), 291-300 10p. doi:10.2146/ajhp100700 Tingen, M. S., Burnett, A. H., Murchison, R. B., & Zhu, H. (2009). The importance of nursing…

HOME OUR COMMITMENT TECHNOLOGY ABOUT US Login Signup PRO Features Pricing Privacy Policy Terms Of Service Contact HELP Quetext Search Again Use of Group Based Trajectory Models to Identify Sociodemographic and Clinical Predictors of Variable Statin Adherence Patterns among Patients Enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan Prescription medication use is on the rise in the United States, especially among older adults. Nearly 88% of community dwelling older adults were on at least one prescription…

cause of hypercholesterolemia and not a high just a high fat diet. The pharmaceutical class, HMG Co Reductase inhibitors (also known as “statins”) came on the market in 1987 and significantly changed the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Although statins are responsive, they do carry risk as reports of myopathy and even fatal rhabdomyolysis led to some statins…

may take place while taking Evolocumab as a part of a high cholesterol treatment regimen. Along with Evolocumab, patients were also being treated using statin therapy. Statin therapy involves the use of particular drugs that work inside of the body at the liver to prevent cholesterol from forming. According to the American Heart Association, statin therapy is the only class of medication that is strictly responsible for lowing the likelihood of stroke or heart attack…

meat, fried foods, or fatty foods can cause a person to have high cholesterol. Over time high cholesterol begins to clog arteries, increasing the risk of them having a heart attack. Many doctors proscribe a statin called Lipitor to their patients who have high cholesterol. (Like all statins, Lipitor helps prevent heart diseases and stoke by lowering the level of cholesterol in the blood)(drugwatch.com). ( Lipitor can reduce the risk of a stroke or heart attack, but like many other drugs,…

Medications called statins keep your liver from making cholesterol. Statins help your body use up excess cholesterol. Most people can take statins without many side effects. However, side effects may include “headache, difficulty sleeping, flushing of the skin, muscle aches, tenderness, or weakness (myalgia), drowsiness, dizziness, nausea or vomiting, abdominal cramping or pain, bloating or gas, diarrhea, constipation, &/ or rash. Statins also carry warnings that memory loss…

According to the American Pharmacists Association, as of late July, Alirocumab, a PCSK9 inhibitor, obtained FDA approval. In addition to diet and aggressive statin therapy, Alirocumab acts as an aid for patients that have clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. These patients are required to lower their cholesterol further. Alirocumab, a monoclonal antibody which is self-administered through subcutaneious injection every two weeks, lowers…

Studies have recently shown that heart attacks may arise from plaque buildup in coronary arteries. A study has been performed by some professionals in Colorado to attempt and figure out if they can prove or gain more evidence about this hypothesis. Dr. Thomas Maddox is one of the individuals involved in the study, and he co-wrote an article that describes how he built off of a previous study to further research the relationship between plaque build-up and myocardial infarction. The Author and…

What is Lipitor? Lipitor is a brand name for drug atorvastatin, which is a newer selective and competitive inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme (HMG-CoA) reductase that belongs to a group of drugs known as statins. Atorvastatin was synthesized in 1985 and its development was mostly based on molecular comparisons of fungal metabolites and other synthetic inhibitors. Atorvastatin is approved for the reduction of elevated total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, apo B and triglyceride…