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Primary care doctor on using statins for cardiovascular disease prevention #primaryprevention

Name: Primary care doctor on using statins for cardiovascular disease prevention #primaryprevention
Uploaded: 2024-07-26T16:19:33+00:00
Duration: 37 s
Channel: Anu Simh
Description: A primary care doctor explains why she always gets a CT coronary artery calcium score before prescribing statins for prevention. She says statins are…

26 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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A primary care doctor explains why she always gets a CT coronary artery calcium score before prescribing statins for prevention. She says statins are overused, have real side effects, and starting them is a decision patients live with for life.

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Personally, with very rare exceptions. I never start a patient on a statin drug without first obtaining a CT coronary artery calcium score, period. I find it indispensable. I mean, I really couldn't imagine practicing without it. Statins have a purpose. There are people where they are necessary, in my opinion, but they can also be overused. They can have side effects. So you gotta make sure you're picking the right people to put them on lifelong drug therapy. It's kind of a critical decision.