"Many Heart Attack Patients Fail to Stick With Statins" - Karen Pallarito
High doses of powerful statin drugs have been shown to avert future heart problems, including heart attack and stroke. Yet many heart attack patients stop taking these medicines as recommended, a new study reveals. The lack of adherence to recommended high-intensity statin therapy is short-sighted, suggested study lead author Robert S Rosenson, MD, a professor of cardiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "The message is that the benefits of statins continue to accrue over time," he said. Rosenson explained that these drugs reduce the future risk of heart attack and stroke and lower patients' risk of dying prematurely. The longer people take them, the greater the benefit, he said.
- Robert Rosenson, MD, Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Cardiometabolic Disorders
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