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

May 2012

You'll hear buzz that patients on statins (atorvastatin, simvastatin, etc) will get fewer liver function lab tests.

These lab tests are to see if the statin is impacting the liver.

Patients often get liver enzyme tests checked when starting a statin...with dose increases...and then once or twice a year.

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Table of Contents

Communication Over 50,000 people DIE from medical errors every year in North America
Practice "alert fatigue" caused by the increasing number of warnings that constantly pop up on your computer
Cholesterol new cholesterol-lowering drug, Lodalis (low-DAL-is)
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Warnings serious adverse events with Gilenya
Warnings Health Canada is warning about serious heart problems with domperidone (Motilium, etc)
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Vaccines Vitamin K will be used less often to reverse warfarin's (Coumadin, etc) blood thinning effects
Multiple Sclerosis Fampyra (fam-PEER-ah, fampridine), a new oral therapy for multiple sclerosis
Statins patients on statins (atorvastatin, simvastatin, etc) will get fewer liver function lab tests
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Hazardous Meds how meds should be handled by female pharmacy employees who are pregnant or trying to conceive