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What Is Considered a Low-Dose Statin?
They work by lowering "bad" cholesterol and, by doing so, reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. The drugs can be ...
Combination therapy with a statin plus an intestinal agent can be used in individuals that can only tolerate a low-dose statin or an intermittent dosing of the statin. The combination of a statin ...
Results of a meta-analysis suggest that guidelines should be reevaluated. Previous studies and meta-analyses have suggested that vascular risk decreases linearly with reduction in LDL cholesterol ...
High-quality evidence from the most reliable type of health study -- a randomized clinical trial -- found that preventive low-dose statin therapy lowered LDL cholesterol to a degree that dietary ...