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Reason for Discontinuing the Drug in Patients Using Statins

Year 2024, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 55 - 60, 11.03.2024
https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.1398594

Abstract

Objective: In recent years, there has been a lot of news about the negative effects of statin use on patients. Our study aimed to investigate the reasons for drug discontinuation in patients with indications for statin use.
Materials and Methods: 180 patients who were indicated to start statin treatment for any reason were included in the study. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, cardiovascular disease risk factors, and lipid levels at admission were determined.
Results: It was determined that 81.1% of the patients were started on statin treatment. It was observed that patients using regular medication had lower LDL (low-density lipoprotein) and total cholesterol levels than those who did not use medication regularly (p<0.05). It was suggested that the most common reason for patients who had previously started statin treatment to stop taking the medication was discontinuation by the doctor.
Conclusion: Hyperlipidemia is still a significant cause of coronary artery disease today. Our study has shown that treatment compliance in patients, contrary to popular belief, is due to the influence of the physician on the patient rather than the influence of the media.

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  • 16- Lowenstern A, Navar AM, Li S, et al. Association of clinician knowledge and statin beliefs with statin therapy use and lipid levels (a survey of US practice in the PALM registry). Am J Cardiol. 2019;123(7):1011-1018.

Statin Kullanan Hastalarda İlacın Kesilme Nedeni

Year 2024, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 55 - 60, 11.03.2024
https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.1398594

Abstract

Amaç: Son yıllarda statin kullanımının hasta üzerindeki olumsuz etkisine dair birçok haber yapılmaktadır. Çalışmamızda, statin kullanma endikasyonu olan hastalarda ilacın bırakılma nedenlerinin ne olduğunun araştırılması amaçlandı.
Materyal ve Metot: Çalışmaya herhangi bir nedenle statin tedavi başlama endikasyonu konulan 180 hasta dahil edildi. Hastaların demografik ve klinik özellikleri, kardiyovasküler hastalık risk faktörleri, başvuru esnasındaki lipid düzeyleri belirlendi.
Bulgular: Hastaların %81,1’ine statin tedavisi başlandığı saptandı. Düzenli ilaç kullanan hastaların düzenli ilaç kullanmayanlara göre daha düşük LDL (düşük dansiteli lipoprotein) ve total kolesterol düzeylerine sahip olduğu görüldü (p<0,05). Daha önce statin tedavisi başlanan hastaların en sık ilaç bırakma gerekçesi olarak doktor tarafından kesilmesi ileri sürüldü.
Sonuç: Hiperlipidemi halen günümüzde önemli bir koroner arter hastalığı sebebidir. Çalışmamız, hastalardaki tedavi uyumunun sanılanın aksine medya etkisinden çok hekimin hasta üzerindeki etkisinden kaynaklandığını göstermiştir.

References

  • 1- Mach F, Baigent C, Catapano AL, et al. 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk. Eur Heart J. 2020;41(1):111-188.
  • 2- DeWitt CM, Ponce RB, Bry H, Wali S, Sedlander E, Ladapo JA. Patient-reported reasons for not using primary prevention statin therapy. J Clin Med. 2020 Oct 18;9(10):3337. doi:10.3390/jcm9103337
  • 3- Visseren FLJ, MacH F, Smulders YM, et al. 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Eur Heart J. 2021;42(34):3227-¬3237.
  • 4- Şahin Ö. Kayseri Şehir Hastanesi kardiyoloji kliniğinde koroner arter hastalığı olan hastalarda lipid düşürücü ilaç kullanımına uyum ve LDL-kolesterol hedefine ulaşma düzeyleri. Lokman Hekim Dergisi. 2020;10(1):84-90.
  • 5- Doğan V, Başaran Ö, Özlek B, et al. Evaluation of perceptions, knowledge and compliance with guidelines in real-life practice: a survey on the under-treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2019;47(7):599-608.
  • 6- De Backer G, Piotr J, Kornelia K, et al. Management of dyslipidaemia in patients with coronary heart disease: results from the ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V survey in 27 countries. Atherosclerosis. 2019;285:135-146.
  • 7- Vrablik M, Seifert B, Parkhomenko A, et al. Lipid-lowering therapy use in primary and secondary care in Central and Eastern Europe: DA VINCI observational study. Ateroskleroz. 2021;334:66-75.
  • 8- Danchin N, Almahmeed W, Al-Rasadi K, et al. Achievement of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals in 18 countries outside Western Europe: The International Cholesterol management Practice Study (ICLPS). European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2018;25(10):1087-1094.
  • 9- Kayikçioǧlu M, Tokgözonlu L, Kiliçkap M, et al. Türkiye'de dislipidemi sıklığı ve lipit verileri: kardiyovasküler risk faktörlerine yönelik epidemiyolojik çalışmaların sistematik derleme ve meta-analizi. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2018;46(7):556-574.
  • 10- Kahraman F, Ersoy İ, YILMAZ AS, et al. Stabil Koroner Arter Hastalarında Statin Tedavi Uyumu ve Tedavi Bırakma Nedenlerinin Değerlendirilmesi. MN Kardiyoloji. 2023;30(1):14-19.
  • 11- Dincer G, Dinçer ZS, Alsancak AD, Alsancak Y, Gümüş E, Tekin O. Statin tedavisinde hasta uyumu: Medya ne kadar etkili? Türkiye Aile Hekimliği Dergisi. 2016;20(1):23-28.
  • 12- Golder S, Weissenbacher D, O'Connor K, Hennessy S, Gross R, Hernandez GG. Patient-reported reasons for switching or discontinuing statin therapy: a mixed methods study using social media. Drug Safety. 2020;45 (9):971-981.
  • 13- Yiğiner O, Özmen N, Özçelik F, et al. Adherence to statin therapy and LDL cholesterol goal attainment in type 2 diabetics and secondary prevention patients: the role of education and knowledge. Arch Turk Soc Cardiol. 2010;38(8):544-550.
  • 14- Ingersgaard MV, Helms AT, Norgaard O, Grabowski D, Olesen K. Reasons for nonadherence to statins–a systematic review of reviews. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2020;14:675-691.
  • 15- Hope HF, Binkley GM, Fenton S, Kitas GD, Verstappen SM, Symmons DP. Systematic review of the predictors of statin adherence for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. PLoS One. 2019;14(1);e0201196. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201196
  • 16- Lowenstern A, Navar AM, Li S, et al. Association of clinician knowledge and statin beliefs with statin therapy use and lipid levels (a survey of US practice in the PALM registry). Am J Cardiol. 2019;123(7):1011-1018.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Cardiology
Journal Section Research article
Authors

Sefa Tatar 0000-0001-8703-5078

İrem Oktay 0000-0003-0473-3191

Yunus Emre Yavuz 0000-0002-9901-8141

Yakup Alsancak 0000-0001-5230-2180

Ahmet Lütfü Sertdemir 0000-0002-4656-5547

Mustafa Çelik 0000-0003-4102-1564

Publication Date March 11, 2024
Submission Date November 30, 2023
Acceptance Date February 26, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 9 Issue: 1

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AMA Tatar S, Oktay İ, Yavuz YE, Alsancak Y, Sertdemir AL, Çelik M. Reason for Discontinuing the Drug in Patients Using Statins. OTJHS. March 2024;9(1):55-60. doi:10.26453/otjhs.1398594

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