Should Statins Be Banned from Dialysis?

What is it about?

Cholesterol-lowering drugs are used frequently in the general population, because of the excellent benefit-risk ratio. However, in hemodialysis patients, the benefits are moot. This publication offers a series of explanations for these counterintuitive findings. Furthermore, recent preliminary evidence suggests that statins may even cause harm in the dialysis population, by increasing progression of vascular calcifications.

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Why is it important?

Pending confirmatory evidence of the potential deleterious effects of statins in hemodialysis patients, physicians are advised not to administer these drugs to dialysis patients.