Do you still prescribe a statin for patients with diabetes on GLP-1s for cardiovascular risk reduction if their LDL is at goal?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I prescribe a statin or some other LDL-lowering medication to almost all patients with diabetes because most are not at their LDL-cholesterol goal, which is now 55 mg/dl. I also generally prescribe a low-dose statin even to patients with diabetes if they are below 55 mg/dl because patients with diab...