Statins in General Practice
Subtitle: pocketbook
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, A Martin Dunitz Book
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9780203215494; 9781280032424
Subjects: Anticholesteremic Agents; Drug therapy; Statins (Cardiovascular agents); Hypercholesterolemia; Therapeutic use; Handbooks
Description: This book aims to place the use of statins in primary care in a clinical context and to explain how these drugs work. Pharmacology, comparative mechanisms, practical considerations, day-to-day problems and the future of statins are all explored.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Why do we use statins?; How do we assess dyslipidaemia?; What are the statins and how do they work?; What evidence do we have that statins work?; Who should receive statin therapy?; What about the future?; Glossary of terms; Further reading; Index.