A class II recommendation was added to the 2018 guideline update for high-intensity statins in adults older than 75 years with ASCVD. But underuse persists, despite falling prices with generic ...

When atorvastatin is dosed at 40–80 mg once a day, it is considered a high-intensity statin. A high-intensity statin can lower LDL levels by 50% or more from baseline. In contrast, simvastatin ...

Just 29.6% of patients included in the analysis were taking a high-intensity statin while 45.6% were taking a moderate-intensity statin. In addition, 6.7% were being treated with a low-intensity ...

Further, the subgroup of patients aged 76 to 84 years enjoyed a survival benefit from high-intensity statins comparable to younger patients aged 75 to 21 years (adjusted HR 0.91, P<0.001).

High doses — also called high-intensity statin therapy — included 40 to 80 milligrams (mg) of atorvastatin (Lipitor) or 20 to 40 mg of rosuvastatin (Crestor) daily.

Goal Is Not Reflexive High-Intensity Statin Rx . In an editorial accompanying the study, Neil Stone, MD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL), one of the lead authors the ...

A substantial proportion of patients prescribed high-intensity statins following hospitalization for a heart attack did not continue taking this medication with high adherence at two years after ...

A large national study has confirmed the value of high-intensity statin treatments for people with cardiovascular disease, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

From 2011 to 2014 the use of high-intensity statins following hospitalization for myocardial infarction (MI) increased progressively, according to a study published in Journal of the American ...

In patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, study authors from Stanford University found that those who received high-intensity statins had the biggest reduction in mortality risk.

July 25 (UPI) --Statin prescriptions for heart attack patients vary based on geographic location, a new study says.New England had the highest number of high-intensity statin claims for patients ...