What benefits are associated with improved adherence to statin therapy?
Follow-up lipid tests and physician visits are associated with improved adherence to statin therapy, which can have a variety of benefits, including the prevention of stroke with the addition of ezetimibe to statin therapy, the simulation of lipid-lowering therapy intensification in a population with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, the estimation of eligibility for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors, and the reduction in the recurrence of stroke by eicosapentaenoic acid for hypercholesterolemic patients according to research from Pharmacoeconomics, Circulation, JAMA Cardiology, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Additionally, cardiovascular risk reduction with icosapent ethyl for hypertriglyceridemia was found in research from the REDUCE-IT Investigators. 