Online Continuing Education Courses

Statins - Current Reserach, Alternatives and Side Effects

• Outline the effect of statins on cardiovascular and mortality outcomes in primary prevention.
• Critique bias in the literature and understand how it plays out in the statin evidence base.
• Differentiate statin benefits based on baseline risk and level of prevention.
• Explain the benefits of statin alternatives in statin intolerant populations.
• Assess the strength of association between statin medications and commonly ascribed side effects.