Talk with your patients about importance of complying with statin therapy

Several modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease are well-known and can be treated, including hyperlipidemia. Although treatments for hyperlipidemia, such as statin therapy, are effective and relatively inexpensive, many people aren’t controlling their condition adequately.

Talk with your patients about their risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and the importance of complying with their statin treatment.

To read more about why statin therapy is beneficial for patients with cardiovascular disease, see the article in the July – August 2017 issue of Hospital and Physician Update, a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan newsletter.

Did you know?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the U.S.
An estimated one in every seven U.S. dollars spent on health care goes toward cardiovascular disease.
This expenditure totals more than $300 billion in annual health care costs and lost productivity from premature deaths each year.

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