Sentences with phrase «statin under the current guidelines»
The panel's decision was based almost entirely on the Jupiter trial, a study funded by Crestors maker, AstraZeneca, that compared a daily dose of Crestor to placebo in nearly 18,000 people who fit the description used by the panel (and who would not be eligible for a statin under the current guidelines).
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Under current guidelines, about 50 million people in the United States should consider taking statins to lower cholesterol and prevent heart attacks.