Statin Advice for Patients with Long Term Health Conditions

People with Kidney disease, heart disease, diabetes, circulation problems or a history of stroke/TIA are at very high risk of having a heart attack or stroke. This risk also increases with age.

For people with these conditions, NHS guidance is to offer active treatment with statin medication as a way of reducing risk (as they often do more than lower your cholesterol). You may find the decision aid below helpful when considering the pros and cons of taking a statin. It is always important that this is built on having a healthy lifestyle to reduce your risk factors (exercise, diet, not smoking).

Statin Decision Aid

If you do not wish to take statins, there are alternate lipid lowering therapy medications you could try. Information on this is linked below.

Alternate Lipid Lowering Therapy Medications