Fast Five Quiz: Do You Know Current Guidelines for Lipid Management?

According to the latest guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, atorvastatin at a dose of 40-80 mg and rosuvastatin at a dose of 20-40 mg are considered high-intensity statin therapy. Moderate-intensity statin therapy is as follows:

• Atorvastatin: 10-20 mg

• Rosuvastatin: 5-10 mg

• Simvastatin: 20-40 mg

• Pravastatin: 40-80 mg

• Lovastatin: 40 mg

• Fluvastatin: 80 mg

• Pitavastatin: 2-4 mg

For more on lipid management with statins, read here.

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Cite this: Yasmine S. Ali, Mary Ellen T. Sweeney. Fast Five Quiz: Do You Know Current Guidelines for Lipid Management? - Medscape - May 19, 2015.