NR 603 Week 3 Quiz – Question and Answers
NR 603 Week 3 Quiz – Question and Answers Per 2013 ACC/AHA guidelines, which patient below would NOT benefit from statin therapy? Which of the following patients should be on high-intensity statin therapy, if tolerated? For someone who is intolerant to higher doses of statins, has tried 2-3 statins…what do we recommend? You have a patient with ASCVD but no comorbidities. Their LDL has gone down 30% from baseline and they are on maximally tolerated statin therapy. Is this patient appropriate for non-statin therapy and if so, what do you recommend? IG is a 47 yo male with CAD s/p MI 2015. He is currently prescribed atorvastatin 20 mg/day. Pt states he is unable to tolerate higher doses and refuses to try another statin. LDL 114 mg/dL. What is the next best step?
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nr 603 week 3 quiz – question and answers per 2013 accaha guidelines
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which patient below would not benefit from statin therapy which of the following patients should be on high intensity statin th
