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Safety of Aggressive Statin Therapy

New guidelines from The National Cholesterol Education Program recommend, as a therapeutic option, lowering treatment goals for LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) from <100 mg/dL to <70 mg/dL for patients at very high risk for coronary heart disease and from 130 mg/dL to <100 mg/dL for those at moderately high risk. A likely consequence of these recommendations is increased use of statins and use of higher doses with a concomitant increase in adverse effects....
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Title: Safety of Aggressive Statin Therapy
Publication: The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
Issue #: 1196
Article Code: 1196a
Date: November 22, 2004
Volume: 46
Pages: 93-95

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