Pharmacy Technician's Letter Canada

Commentary: Peripheral Artery Disease April 2013

Guideline: 2012 Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Adult April 2013

Article: Patients will ask if statins cause type 2 diabetes March 2013

Commentary: Statins and Diabetes Risk March 2013

Article: FEWER orders for niacin (Niaspan FCT, etc) being used to treat high cholesterol February 2013

Chart: Potential Drug Interactions with Grapefruit January 2013

Article: a bigger push for patients with type 2 diabetes to get Rxs for certain blood pressure meds, aspirin, and a statin November 2012

Article: whether statins (lovastatin, simvastatin, atorvastatin, etc) increase the risk of cataracts October 2012

Article: Patients often ask if their statin (simvastatin, atorvastatin, etc) is causing muscle pain June 2012

Commentary: New Drug: Lodalis (Colesevelam) May 2012

Article: new cholesterol-lowering drug, Lodalis (low-DAL-is) May 2012

Article: patients on statins (atorvastatin, simvastatin, etc) will get fewer liver function lab tests May 2012

Commentary: Update on Statin Risks April 2012

Commentary: Do Benefits of Statins Outweigh Risks in the Elderly? February 2012

Guideline: Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents: Summary Reports (2011) January 2012