Robert is a 70-year-old male who suffers from pure hypercholesterolemia (E78.0), along with multiple cardiac risk factors including diabetes, hypertension, myocardial infarction, peripheral artery disease, sleep apnea, hypothyroidism, bullous pemphigus, hemochromatosis, and hypogonadism. Robert has tried and failed various treatments including Lipitor, cholestyramine, and Zetia, in which his LDL still does not meet criteria of being less than 80 in the presence of known vascular disease. Robert is not candidate for additional statin therapy due to his cholesterol levels were sub-optimally controlled. Repatha is his best treatment option at this time, in addition to him monitoring his diet. Repatha is Robert’s best treatment option at this
Ralitza has gone above and beyond her duties in Adjudications Division 1. She is a conscientious, dedicated, hardworking officer who makes exceptional contributions to every activity with which she is involved.
The 30% of the respodendant getting the support from perants and friends,1.7% of the respodendant getting the support from clinical psychologist,8.3% of the respodendant getting the support from their coach and 1.7% of the respodendant getting the support from other sources.
I believe we might have an opportunity to work with International Paper next year. In order for us to be in the best position to do that, it would be great if we could have our Safety Programs complete according to their requirements. We need to have a Driving Safety and Spill Prevention program. Do you think you can help me get these programs together, please? Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Mary is a 74-year-old female who suffers from mixed hyperlipidemia (E78.2), along with atherosclerotic heart disease, multiple aortocoronary bypass graft, and hypertension. Mary’s most recent lab results revealed triglycerides 115, HDL cholesterol 44 and LDL cholesterol 116, and total cholesterol 191. Mary has tried and failed various treatments including zetia and Lipitor, with her cholesterol level sub-optimally controlled. Mary’s LDL remains elevated, uncontrolled, and still, did not meet the criteria of being less than 70 in the presence of known cardiovascular disease. Repatha is Mary’s best treatment option at this time. Although, Repatha is not on your formulary, I am requesting an exception for coverage. Without this treatment,
statins reduce the blood cholesterol level and decrease atherosclerosis build up in the coronary arteries.
Robert is a ninety-year-old man, who has been experiencing progressive and worsening heart failure. He has a long cardiac history and has been under the care of a cardiologist for the past 30 years. His medical history includes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, dyslipidemia and heart disease. Robert lives in a senior condominium community with his wife Janet.
After gathering data, it was determined that less patients in the LDL-P group suffered from a CVD event during each of the three follow ups with a total relative risk reduction of 25%. A major limitation of this study is that it focused on patients that were all on a large US commercial health plan and thus excluded those that were on different health plans, did not have insurance, or were outside of the US but could have had pertinent results that could tie into the study. Additionally, the study did not consider certain risk factors such as race or family history that could have impacted the rate of CVD events during the course of the study. Lastly, the researchers of this study did not assess patient adherence to the various lipid lowering medications which could have altered the results if medications were changed or doses were altered.11
Determine if the addition of ezetimibe to statin therapy will further decrease LDL and adverse cardiovascular events.
Lana Co was in REA from October 2016 until the end of the REA 2 Program in January 2017. During this time, I found Lana to be knowledgeable in UI processes and procedures and how they apply to the REA Program. Lana split her time taking REA2 calls and Vietnamese UI queue calls. She was able to transition between the two programs with ease. Additionally, Lana backed up the REA Lead Worker in non-phone work production in order to help maintain timeliness. Lana has functioned as a Claims Specialist for the Agency for many years and has a broad understanding of the agency vision, mission, services and customers the agency serves. She maintains and continues to improve on her vast knowledge of all UI Claims Programs, Laws and Rules, and Agency systems
HL was defined as a total cholesterol level>240 mg/dl or the use of an oral lipid-lowering agent. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight (kg)/height (m) 2. All examinations including blood tests, BP measurements, and the first ultrasound were performed between April 2007 and March 2008. The second ultrasound was performed after April 2008. The local medical ethics committee approved this study and written informed consents were given from all
Because dyslipidemia covers a broad range of lipid abnormalities and statins are widely prescribed to a broad spectrum of people (from relatively healthy, middle age to the older, very sick population with numerous comorbidities) controlling for confounding by indication in this study will be a big challenge. To mitigate this, an option will be
Stroke is a world wide common disease with its occurrence depending on multiple risk factors involved, one of which is high blood cholesterol and LDL level, it is thought that lower cholesterol level decreases the incidence of cerebrovascular ischemia (doc3.pdf) which has been concluded from many clinical trials conducted for the purpose of understanding the adverse effects of statins, drugs that have been manufactured primarily for the purpose of controlling blood cholesterol level, statins are defined as a family of drugs that control and inhibit cholesterol production by acting through binding to 3-hydroxymethyl-3-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, by this mechanism the end result will be a lower LDL level in the blood which in turn benefits the outcome of many states of disease including cardiovascular disease and stroke (doc1.pdf-[1])
In conclusion, statins are the mainstay of lipid-lowering therapy, with multiple studies confirming that low-density lipoprotein reduction leads to improvements in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Adverse effects and interactions associated with their use are outweighed by their proven benefits in clinical event
I am concerned about heart disease in my patient Regi Stephen. We can identify the risk factors and detect heart diseases early. This way we prevent this disease from happening. Heart disease kills many people in the United States. I chose heart disease as the most concern for my patient because, he have high cholesterol now and is currently taking medications for it. This tells me he needs to work or modify on his diet. Another reason is the family history; his father, mother and uncle had heart disease. His mother and uncle passed away due to heart disease. Last but not the least, according to BMI he is obese. High cholesterol, obesity, family history is risk factors for heart disease. Due to that, heart disease concerns me about my patient.
Taking Statins to lower cholesterol is the top prescription drug, for adults over 60, issued to defeat CHD (Qiuping, Dillon and Burt 5). Although, the Statins prescribed are shown to lower the risk of a second heart attack in men; no significant reduction in risk is found with men who do not already have CHD, if the research is examined closer (Abramson). Once again, moderate exercise coupled with a sensible diet proves to be just as effective as an expensive drug, although once a person has CHD the Statins can help (Abramson). The drug companies have effectively penetrated every demographic in the US with “needed” prescriptions and in many instances the American people are asking for it.