PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Jones, Peter H. TI - Statins: The case for higher, individualized starting doses DP - 2005 Sep 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 811--816 VI - 72 IP - 9 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/9/811.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/9/811.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2005 Sep 01; 72 AB - If patients with hypercholesterolemia were started on higher doses of statins tailored to their lipid levels and risk, more of them would achieve their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goals, possibly leading to fewer cardiovascular events and deaths.