Statins: new American guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular disease

Just change the values or target population and more people will receive more medication, is it a real  major step in the prevention of cardiovascular disease ?  Not for me, what do you think after read the new guidelines ? Are real evidences for the use statins also in primary prevention ? One billons of persons are treated today, all over the world, with this kind of drugs, and the first blockbuster drugs is Atorvastatin.........what about the evidences, and the hundreds of articles against that ? Think for yourself......

Paul M Ridker a, Nancy R Cook a

Guidelines released on Nov 13, 2013, by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for the management of cholesterol are a major step in the right direction. 1 These new guidelines emphasise prevention of stroke as well as heart disease, focus appropriately on statin therapy rather than alternative unproven therapeutic agents, and recognise that more intensive treatment is superior to less intensive treatment for many patients........full text.
Statins: new American guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular disease
Paul M Ridker,Nancy R Cook
The Lancet - 30 November 2013 ( Vol. 382, Issue 9907, Pages 1762-1765 )
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62388-0

The Cardiologist Giveth, then the Cardiologist Taketh Away: Revision of the Cholesterol Guidelines

Source: Medical Evidence Blog 

 BThe Cardiologist Giveth, then the Cardiologist Taketh Away: Revision of the Cholesterol Guidelines

There has been quite a stir this week with the publication of the newest revision of the ACC/AHA guidelines for the treatment of cholesterol.  The New York Times is awash with articles summarizing or opining on the changes and many of the authors are perspicacious observers:

• 3 Things to Know About the New Cholesterol Guidelines by Harlan Krumholz of Yale
• Don’t Give More Patients Statins by authors from Harvard and UCSF
• Experts Reshape Treatment Guide for Cholesterol
• New Cholesterol Advice Startles Even Some Doctors
• Questions For A New Class of Cholesterol Drugs

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