Statins - Quick Pharmacy Guide (Atorvastatin, Simvastatin, Pravastatin, Rosuvastatin)

Описание: This is a UK-based quick pharmacy summary of the main points about statins which includes atorvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin and rosuvastatin. This may be useful to you if you are a healthcare professional or even better a pharmacy student.


BNF statement regarding muscle effects for statins:

''The risk of myopathy, myositis, and rhabdomyolysis associated with statin use is rare. Although myalgia has been reported commonly in patients receiving statins, muscle toxicity truly attributable to statin use is rare.''

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Time Stamps:
What is it? - 0:17

Indications - 0:52
Lipoproteins - 1:40
What normally happens - 2:40
Mechanism of action - 2:55
How do you take it? - 3:49
What are the side effects? - 5:07
Warnings - 5:42
Drug Interactions - 7:08
What are the differences between statins? - 9:20
QRisk - 11:13




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References:

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Simvastatin vs Amlodipine/Diltiazem Interaction:
https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update...

Statins strength comparison table:
https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-sum...

Statin Toxicity:
https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.11...

NICE Statins:
https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drug-class/st...

QRisk:
https://www.qrisk.org/three/

Statin Intolerance Pathway:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/wp-con...



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