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Fall 2013
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recommends universal pediatric lipid screening to identify and treat children with serious genetic dyslipidemias.1 Primary care providers should certainly identify children who will be candidates for statin therapy. One in 500 people are... more
Studies specifically designed to evaluate prevalence of statin-related myalgia have shown that approximately 22% of patients on statins have some degree of musculoskeletal pain.1 As clinicians, we know it is difficult for patients to discern between pain related to statin intolerance and that... more
Our patient is a 67-year-old African American female referred to the Duke Lipid Clinic for hypercholesterolemia and elevated creatine kinase (CK). She has a history of coronary heart disease with a prior non ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and stent placement. She has a former 40-packs-... more