Posts tagged how to treat cholesterol in patients intolerant of statins

Pharmacology 101: An Overview of Statins

Welcome to tl;dr’s first Pharmacology 101 post! In this overview of statins, we review drug information highlights that will help you to remember what makes these medications unique as well as how to counsel patients taking them. So if you (or your patients) like bacon, you probably want to stop by to learn about statins!

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiAugust 5, 2020statins LDL HDL, how to treat cholesterol in patients intolerant of statins, statins mechanism of action, adverse effects of statins, statin induced myopathy myalgia rhabdomyolysis, relative statin potency

PCSK9 Inhibitors: What You Need to Know

PC…PCS…PCSK9 inhibitors! Yes, there are a lot of letters, and we ALL have a hard time keeping them in the right order. But why is this class of medications popping up more and more, and why should we FINALLY learn to keep the letters straight? For those times when maybe statins aren’t The Answer to Everything, we’re here with the rundown on this novel class of medications that you may have missed since pharmacy school!

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiMarch 9, 2020PCSK9 inhibitors, how to treat cholesterol in patients intolerant of statins, what if statins aren't enough for cholesterol, statins myalgia alternatives, add on therapy for cholesterol, hyperlipidemia management in high risk patients, alirocumab evolocumab lipids, new drugs for cholesterol, when to use pcsk9 inhibitors, pcsk9 inhibitor clinical pearls, pcsk9 inhibitor monitoring, pcsk9 inhibitor administration