01499 a2200313 4500 1841843490 20250317100417.0 250312042003xx eng 9781841843490 Taylor & Francis GBP 120.00 BB 01 eng MJD thema MKG thema MBN thema MJD bic MMG bic MBN bic MED000000 bisac MED010000 bisac MED071000 bisac 615.718 bisac Allan Gaw Statins in General Practice: Pocketbook 2 CRC Press 20030327 86 p No member of the primary care team can afford to be indifferent to the tremendous developments that have taken place in the areas of coronary heart disease and vascular disease prevention. This new edition of Statins in General Practice includes data from the major new clinical trials. This short book contains everything that the general practitioner or practice nurse needs to know to use statins effectively and safely. The use of statins in clinical practice has become an established part of modern medicine. They were introduced in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a new group of cholesterol-lowering drugs, but have since become agents that have an important effect in reducing not only blood lipid levels but also an individual's risk of vascular disease. 3000 3000