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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on taking statins.
11 doctors weighed in across 6 answers
Ignore: Most statins work a little better if taken in the evening. Take in am if you tend to forget pm meds.
Answered 7/14/2014
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Avoid: Avoid taking Statins with fibrates to reduce risk of Rhadomyolosis.
Answered 11/14/2014
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Ignore: The new guidelines on Statins now recommend even more patients to have LDL.
Answered 12/31/2014
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Ignore: Statins are major preventive agents against vascular disease caused by hypercholesterolemia.
Answered 9/4/2015
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Ignore: Be aware that cholesterol targets are getting lower and lower. Statin use increasingly common.
Answered 2/23/2016
1.6k views
Ignore: Cholesterol clogs the heart. Take statins in evening time. Report muscle pain.
Answered 7/12/2016
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