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Erschienen in: Drugs & Aging 1/2012

01.01.2012 | Commentary

Long-Standing Statin Therapy and the Risk of New-Onset Diabetes in the Elderly

Collateral Damage Caused by Preventive Medicine?

verfasst von: Dr Luca Mascitelli, Mark R. Goldstein

Erschienen in: Drugs & Aging | Ausgabe 1/2012

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It is widely believed that the connection between cholesterol elevation and atherosclerotic plaques is clear and well established, with the consequent assumption that “atherosclerosis is a cholesterol problem”,[1] and that “[HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor] statin drugs are to atherosclerosis what penicillin was to infectious disease”.[2] However, controversy continues to surround the aetiology and pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, particularly with respect to cholesterol and lipids.[3] It has also been suggested that hypercholesterolaemia does not represent a causa sine qua non for the development of atherosclerosis, and that the beneficial effects of statins are overstated and do not resolve the cholesterol controversy.[4] …
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Metadaten
Titel
Long-Standing Statin Therapy and the Risk of New-Onset Diabetes in the Elderly
Collateral Damage Caused by Preventive Medicine?
verfasst von
Dr Luca Mascitelli
Mark R. Goldstein
Publikationsdatum
01.01.2012
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Drugs & Aging / Ausgabe 1/2012
Print ISSN: 1170-229X
Elektronische ISSN: 1179-1969
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/11598530-000000000-00000

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