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Statin Options
Choosing the Right Statin for You​

There are several statin options available. Each have slight differences. Some things to discuss with your healthcare provider to help you decide which statin is right for you include:​

  • What dose of statin should I take?​
  • Will a statin interact with any food or medications I take?​
  • Am I at risk of statin intolerance?​
  • Which statin has the fewest side effects?

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Statin Intolerance and Side Effects
~9.1% of Those Who Take Statins Will Experience Statin Intol​erance

Statin intolerance is when someone cannot take their statin therapy due to side-effects or adverse events they experience. Certain risk factors that increase your chances including:

  • Being female: 47.9% increase risk​
  • Increasing age: 33.1% increased risk​
  • Having hypothyroidism: 39.6% increased risk​
  • Being overweight: 30.6% increased risk

Learn more about additional statin intolerance risk factors here and what you can do.

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5 Things to Know About Pitavastatin

Pitavastatin is a third-generation statins used to treat high cholesterol. Due to the unique way our bodies process it, it has a reduced potential for interacting with certain foods and medications compared to other statins.

Learn more about pitavastatin.

Statins and Drug-Drug Interactions

Statins, like all medications, can interact with other foods, drugs, supplements and vitamins you take. If you are taking medications along with a statin its important to know the differences between each statin.

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Statins and CoQ10

Coenzyme Q10, or CoQ10, is an antioxidant that our body produces naturally. Statins are known to lower CoQ10 levels, however, this effect is different from statin to statin.

Learn more about statins how they affect CoQ10 levels.

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