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Lipid-Lowering Drugs
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Lipid-Lowering Drugs
October 24, 2016 (Issue: 1506)
Lipid-lowering drugs should be taken indefinitely; when they are stopped, plasma lipoproteins return to pretreatment levels. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) remain the drugs of choice for treatment of most patients who require...more
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