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#361 Advanced Lipidology

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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Is LDL Taking a Longer Time to Lower LDL?

LDL lowering is still you know the first line so even in reduce a trial these are all well-treated patients who are on statin and we're not doing a good job with that. I think more than half of patients with high blood pressure aren't controlled under 140. There seems to be this bad PR out there about statins even though they have overwhelming safety data but there's this exaggeration of the thought that statins cause muscle damage.

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