Rosuvastatin beats pravastatin for lipid-lowering in HIV

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Dr. Kristine Scordo, who heads the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program at Wright State University-Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health in Dayton, Ohio, and was not involved in the research, said the results with rosuvastatin are consistent with what she sees in clinical practice.

“Everybody knows that rosuvastatin is one of the most powerful drugs out there. What’s in this article is a known fact,” she told Reuters Health. “The guidelines need to be updated because rosuvastatin is a great drug. We all use it, but you won’t find it in the guidelines.”

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