September 6th 2024
Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.
Statins and the New FDA Warnings: What Does It All Mean for Your Patients?
March 3rd 2012Statins have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks, heart disease and death. But this week, the FDA decided that the package inserts of the various statins must now include a warning that these agents may raise blood glucose levels and that they can cause memory loss. Here to put this issue into perspective are Drs Christopher Cannon and Payal Kohli.