Abstract
The standards of medical care in diabetes recommend that statin therapy is added to lifestyle therapy for diabetic patients with overt cardiovascular disease (LDL cholesterol goal <70 mg/dl), or without cardiovascular disease who are over the age of 40 years and who have one or more other cardiovascular disease risk factors (LDL cholesterol goal <100 mg/dl). In order to reach strict LDL targets, high doses of statins may be required. However, the frequency of statinassociated adverse effects and statin intolerance in clinical practice is high (up to 10-15% of statin users) especially at muscle level. The review overviews: 1) the known or hypothesised mechanisms through which causal and contributing factors are associated with adverse effects in diabetic people, and 2) the rationale of strategies for managing statin intolerant patients.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors, adverse drug reactions.
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Statin Intolerance: Why and What to do – With a Focus on Diabetic People
Volume: 20 Issue: 11
Author(s): E. Matteucci and O. Giampietro
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Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors, adverse drug reactions.
Abstract: The standards of medical care in diabetes recommend that statin therapy is added to lifestyle therapy for diabetic patients with overt cardiovascular disease (LDL cholesterol goal <70 mg/dl), or without cardiovascular disease who are over the age of 40 years and who have one or more other cardiovascular disease risk factors (LDL cholesterol goal <100 mg/dl). In order to reach strict LDL targets, high doses of statins may be required. However, the frequency of statinassociated adverse effects and statin intolerance in clinical practice is high (up to 10-15% of statin users) especially at muscle level. The review overviews: 1) the known or hypothesised mechanisms through which causal and contributing factors are associated with adverse effects in diabetic people, and 2) the rationale of strategies for managing statin intolerant patients.
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Matteucci E. and Giampietro O., Statin Intolerance: Why and What to do – With a Focus on Diabetic People, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2013; 20 (11) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867311320110004
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867311320110004 |
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