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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
On-line version ISSN 1561-3038
Abstract
ILLNAIT FERRER, José. Statins related to a rational use in treatment of dyslipoproteinemia. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3038.
Statins are a group of effective drugs in control of hypercholesterolemia. Most of information on statins is devoted to emphasize its virtues. The aim of present paper is to attract the attention on features not so known or at least, non enough took account. Statins have some associated undesirable effects that must to be considered to achieve a better treatment of patients presenting with dyslipoproteinemia. Drug interactions, high doses, age, sex, and other concomitant diseases, e.g. diabetes, may cause undesirable collateral effects, e.g. central nervous system disorders, crystalline lens, or raise of transaminases, among others, that may to affect notably the patients' quality of life. The rabdomyolisis is one of the adverse collateral effects to take into account.
Keywords : Statins; dyslipoproteinemia; collateral effects.