The three highs generally refer to diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and so on. If the patient is normal, there is no diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc. is not the need for statins; if accompanied by high risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, still need to continue oral statin therapy.
Three high normal patients, to patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease risk assessment, such as a clear occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, such as cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, etc., the need for lifelong oral statin drug therapy, to reduce the risk of recurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.
Normal people, if there is no risk of cardiovascular disease, do not need to take statin drugs for prevention. Patients should stop taking statins if they are already taking them.
Statins can have adverse effects such as nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, gastrointestinal discomfort, and elevated transaminases.
If the patient has previous diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc., and the index is normalized through drug treatment, but the patient has cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases or a high risk of disease, it is still necessary to continue to take oral statin drugs. If the transaminase reaches three times the normal value should stop the drug.
Whether the three high patients take statin, should be decided under the guidance of the physician, to avoid purchasing or taking drugs on their own.