Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Reminders for Clinicians Improve Prescribing for High Cholesterol
March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 24 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Statins are drugs used to treat high cholesterol and thereby help prevent cardiovascular disease. According to guidelines, most patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, or ASCVD, should take high intensity statins (as opposed to low or medium intensity statins) but many who should aren't receiving these drugs, studies have shown.
In a randomized trial . . .
Statins are drugs used to treat high cholesterol and thereby help prevent cardiovascular disease. According to guidelines, most patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, or ASCVD, should take high intensity statins (as opposed to low or medium intensity statins) but many who should aren't receiving these drugs, studies have shown.
In a randomized trial . . .