"Many People Stop Taking Life-Saving Drugs After Heart Attacks" - Andrew Seaman
Within two years of having a heart attack, nearly 1 in 5 people stop taking lifesaving cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, according to a new study. And nearly 2 in 5 end up taking the drugs in lower doses or less often than they should, researchers report in JAMA Cardiology. “From a societal perspective, we need to make sure the highest-risk individuals are being treated with guideline-directed therapy,” said senior author Robert S Rosenson, MD, a professor of cardiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “I think what the public needs to know is: Discontinuing or down-titrating your statins is associated with a greater risk of having a second heart attack and being in the hospital with a cardiovascular event that may result in a procedure that results in higher health-care cost for them and the entire public.”
- Robert Rosenson, MD, Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Cardiometabolic Disorders
