RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How to use statins in patients with chronic liver disease
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 58
OP 62
VO 71
IS 1
A1 Russo, Mark W.
A1 Jacobson, Ira M.
YR 2004
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/1/58.abstract
AB Clinicians may be concerned about prescribing statins to patients with chronic liver disease, but there is little evidence to suggest that drug-induced liver injury from statins is increased in these patients. Thus, we should prescribe statins for the same indications in patients with chronic liver disease as in patients without, but with closer monitoring. However, patients with acute liver disease (acute viral hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis) should not take statins until they have recovered.