After kidney transplantation, you can take statins to lower blood lipid, please follow the doctor’s instructions.
Statins are a class of lipid-lowering drugs that are widely used and effective in clinical practice, and their main mechanism of action is to lower blood lipids by inhibiting cholesterol synthesis. Current evidence shows that statins are effective in lowering blood lipids and reducing the risk of ASCVD, so statin therapy should be initiated in renal transplant recipients with hyperlipidemia and its associated cardiovascular risk.
Commonly used drugs include lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin, etc., which can protect renal function and reduce angina attacks and myocardial infarction, but statin therapy cannot reduce the incidence of loss of function of transplanted kidney.
It is recommended that patients should consult the doctor in time and be given reasonable medication by the doctor, do not blindly self-medicate.