Statins & Heart Disease

[HealthE]

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Anyone know where I can learn more about the mechanism of action for statins? I am a premed taking a pharmacy class and I need a good scientific review of how this medicine works.

 

[type b pharmD]

Anyone know where I can learn more about the mechanism of action for statins? I am a premed taking a pharmacy class and I need a good scientific review of how this medicine works.

Goodman and Gilman Chapter 31. Goldmine of info.

 

[Protongenic]

If you have access to AccessMedicine, Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (Katzung) may be worth checking out. Most medical libraries will have physical copies too.

Chapter 35 deals with dyslipidemia.

 

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One word: anti-inflammatory

But yeah, goodman and gilman and their references