Higher potency statins and the risk of new diabetes: multicentre, observational study of administrative databases Colin R Dormuth, Kristian B Filion, J Michael Paterson, Matthew T James, Gary F Teare, Colette B Raymond, Elham Rahme, Hala...
The latest report from the Therapeutics Initiative at the University of British Columbia urges physicians to exercise greater vigilance when prescribing statins to prevent heart disease and stroke because of the potential for harmful side...
Host Alan Cassels in conversation with Dr. James M Wright, Director of the UBC Therapeutics Initiative discussing proven and associated harms of statins, the topic of Therapeutics Letter 89, April - May 2014. Read the Letter ...
Therapeutics Letter #49 (Jul-Sept 2003) concluded that “Statins provide a cardiovascular and total mortality benefit for patients with clinically evident occlusive vascular disease (secondary prevention)” and Letter #77 (Mar-Apr 2010) concluded that “Statins do not have a net health benefit...