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Do you still prescribe a statin for patients with diabetes on GLP-1s for cardiovascular risk reduction if their LDL is at goal?

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Cardiology · Hartford Hospital
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...

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