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A New Risk Calculator will Reduce Statin Use? Let's take a look!

Have you heard about the new PREVENT calculator that gives more accurate risk values? Supposedly, this will reduce the number of people "eligible" for statin therapy, which is a tacit admission that statins have been overprescribed. In this video, I review a secondary source - basically a news article put out by the Journal of the American Medical Association - to see what it tells us. References: [1] New Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculator Could Eliminate the Need for Statins for Millions https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... JAMA Network, June 2024 [2] PREVENT(TM) Online Calculator https://professional.heart.org/en/gui... AHA Professional Heart Daily [3] Novel Prediction Equations for Absolute Risk Assessment of Total Cardiovascular Disease Incorporating Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.11... AHA Journals / Circulation December 2023 [4] Statins for heart disease prevention could be recommended for far fewer Americans if new risk equation is adopted https://ihpi.umich.edu/news/statins-h... University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation, June 2024 [5] Statins utilization trends and expenditures in the U.S. before and after the implementation of the 2013 ACC/AHA guidelines https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, April 2023 Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/portrait... Photo by ELEVATE: https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-s... Photo by Salma Smida: https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-w... ------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: The following presentation and all presentations on this channel are for informational purposes only and should not be used to diagnose or treat any medical condition. Please consult with your personal physician when deciding whether to treat or not treat any condition with pharmaceuticals or by any other treatment or therapy. In particular, never change dosage, stop taking medications, or change a therapy because of something presented in this series without discussing your options with your primary care physician or other health professional. The author is not a medical professional and is presenting his own story, research, and opinions as they apply to himself, and himself alone. If you think you may be experiencing a medical emergency, immediately call your doctor or dial 911. -----------------------------------