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The odds of prescribing the appropriate dose of statins-;a medicine used to lower "bad" cholesterol levels-; increased sixfold when automated referrals were made to pharmacy services, instead of relying on traditional prescribing methods, according to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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<p>The odds of prescribing the appropriate dose of statins—a medicine used to lower “bad” cholesterol levels—increased sixfold when automated referrals were made to pharmacy services, instead of relying on traditional prescribing methods, according to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. More than 90 million people in the U.S. use statins, making it one of the most prescribed medications in the county. Despite their effectiveness in lowering cholesterol levels and the risk of cardiovascular diseases, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10203693/#:~:text=After%202013%2C%20the%20number%20of,0.000)%20between%202008%20and%202019.">previous studies</a> have highlighted suboptimal prescribing <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29129260/">trends</a>. Typically, a doctor assesses a patient’s cardiovascular risk and determines w