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- Title
Deprescribing statins, considerations for informed decision making.
- Authors
Thomas, Craig; Ellison, Henry; Taffet, George E.
- Abstract
The article summarizes data regarding discontinuation of statins that suggest their discontinuation puts patients at increased risk of harm and provide biologic plausibility for why that occurs. Topics include indications for statin use in older patients, possible biologic mechanisms why stopping statins may be different from starting statins, and evidence of the risk in stopping statins.
- Subjects
STATINS (Cardiovascular agents); ANTILIPEMIC agents; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; POLYPHARMACY; DEPRESCRIBING; DECISION making; DRUG side effects; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2023, Vol 71, Issue 8, p2685
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jgs.18362