Happy new year to all! I’ve been thinking about how much Nephrology content there is in non-renal journals and how much we miss by just reading the usual renal periodicals each month. You cannot be expected to read…
There is an excellent review of the use of statins is CKD in KI from last month. The authors point out that the association between LDL cholesterol and CVD is not as strong in patients with CKD, particularly…
We are facing a conundrum in post-transplant lipid management after the recent warning from the FDA, which updated the label of simvastatin. This drug is now contraindicated in patients taking cyclosporine due to the potential for liver dysfunction…
It can often be difficult to stop something once it’s been started; take statins for example. It seems that despite consistent evidence from two large, randomized controlled trails demonstrating the lack efficacy of statins for preventing cardiovascular mortality…
In the past I’ve struggled to get my head around the question of the role of statins in CKD. On the one hand they appear to slow progression, and people with lots of proteinuria often show some reduction…
