Most patients with cardiovascular disease need to take statins, a class of lipid-regulating drugs that have significant benefits for cardiovascular patients. Here are a few questions about statins. First, atorvastatin calcium tablets, resuvastatin calcium tablets are calcium supplements? They are not calcium supplements, they are statin lipid regulating drugs, and they do not have the function of calcium supplementation. Why do you need to take statin if your blood lipid is not high? How long to eat? Many people see that the LDL and total cholesterol values on the laboratory tests are within the normal reference value, so they think that they don’t need to take statin, in fact, this is the wrong approach. This is actually a wrong approach, because whether or not the lipid-lowering is up to standard, the treatment should be individualized according to the disease suffered by each patient and whether or not there are risk factors (such as diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, etc.). For example, if a patient with coronary artery disease develops angina or myocardial infarction, the LDL needs to be lowered to less than 1.8mmol/L. In the course of treatment, if the standard is reached, but also to continue to take statins, some patients can reduce the amount, but most cases can not stop or reduce the amount of specific needs to be adjusted under the guidance of the doctor, do not stop the drug on their own. Third, there are so many types of statin drugs, what’s the difference? Common statin drugs in daily life are Rosuvastatin, Atorvastatin, Pitavastatin, Lovastatin, Pravastatin, Simvastatin and so on. Because of the different characteristics of the drugs, they differ in lipid-lowering intensity, dosing time, drug interactions, effects on kidney function, effects on blood glucose, and effects on muscles. Doctors will prescribe the appropriate statin drugs according to the specific condition of each patient. Fourth, statin drugs as western medicine, “hurt the liver and kidney”, can not eat. This is a wrong concept. Many medical studies have proved the obvious benefits of statins for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular problems. Despite potential adverse reactions or side effects, statins are safe and reliable as long as they are taken in a standardized manner under the guidance of a doctor and regular monitoring of liver function is carried out.