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An equianalgesic chart can be a useful tool, but the user must take care to correct for all relevant variables such as route of administration, cross tolerance, half-life and the bioavailability of a drug. [5] For example, the narcotic levorphanol is 4–8 times stronger than morphine, but also has a much longer half-life. Simply switching the ...
Statins are effective in decreasing mortality in people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease. [34] Pre-existing disease can have many manifestations. Defining illnesses include a prior heart attack, stroke, stable or unstable angina, aortic aneurysm, or other arterial ischemic disease, in the presence of atherosclerosis. [21]
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The heart association’s new calculator was developed to give a more accurate assessment of a person’s likelihood of developing heart disease by incorporating newly recognized risk factors ...
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For example, an analysis of statin use in the Ontario Drug Benefit Program, 2006-07. The average cost per DDD of rosuvastatin was 21% more expensive than atorvastatin ($1.14 compared to $0.94), which would suggest the shift at the time from prescribing atorvastatin to prescribing rosuvastatin would result in increased costs to the healthcare ...
Type 2 statins Statins that are fully synthetic and have larger groups linked to the HMG-like moiety are often referred to as type 2 statins. One of the main differences between the type 1 and type 2 statins is the replacement of the butyryl group of type 1 statins by the fluorophenyl group of type 2 statins.
"A Short Preview of Free Statistical Software Packages for Teaching Statistics to Industrial Technology Majors" (PDF). Journal of Industrial Technology. 21 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2005.