If muscle pain, weakness, or cramps occur during treatment, creatine kinase I NTRODUCTION
Other symptoms that can signal a stroke include sudden: numbness or weakness of the face or the arms and legs, usually on one side
Statins are a guideline-directed, first line therapy for prevention of primary and secondary cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the leading cause of mortality worldwide [1,2]
Tell your doctor or diabetes nurse if you find it harder to control your blood sugar
A history In people with type 2 diabetes and known prior CVD, fibrates should be commenced in addition to a statin or on their own (for those intolerant to statin) when fasting triglycerides are greater than or equal to 2
Although medications like atorvastatin, lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin, and rosuvastatin can bring cholesterol levels down dramatically they can also raise blood glucose levels or make diabetes harder to control as this reader relates: Q
2 The risk of recurrent stroke or TIA is high but can be mitigated with appropriate
Upon completion of this activity, participants will: Discuss shared decision- making points when considering statin therapy
Statins are the first line of pharmacologic treatment for the management of hypercholesterolemia in patients at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease
They also emphasize the theory that people who developed type 2 diabetes after starting statin therapy were already facing a high risk of the disease and likely would have developed it anyway
8% had a history of stroke or a transient ischemic attack, and 45% suffered from peripheral arterial disease
Intensive statin: Percent of ischemic stroke or TIA patients who are discharged on intensive statin therapy