As a hospital pharmacist, you will continue to see LESS use of non-statins (niacin, etc) for dyslipidemia due to limited evidence of CV benefit. Consider discontinuing non-statins when patients are admitted if there's no good reason for the patient to be on them. Use these tips to evaluate the need for non-statins... Save non-stati…
Read moreQuestions will come up about how to manage high triglycerides, due to recent guidance from the American College of Cardiology . We know that a fasting triglyceride level of 150 mg/dL or higher is a marker for cardiovascular (CV) disease. But using medications specifically to lower triglycerides isn’t proven to reduce CV events or to prevent pancreatitis, even in pati…
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