A 56-year-old cisgender man with HIV and diabetes mellitus is seen for routine follow-up. He is taking an antiretroviral regimen that consists of dolutegravir, doravirine, and darunavir-cobicistat-tenofovir alafenamide-emtricitabine. A recent fasting lipid panel shows total cholesterol of 257 mg/dL, low-density lipoprotein level (LDL) cholesterol of 142 mg/dL, high-density lipoprotein level (HDL) cholesterol of 33 mg/dL, and triglycerides of 231 mg/dL. He has made a major effort to improve his diet during the past 6 months, but this did not result in a significant change in the lipid panel. He is a nonsmoker and has no family history of cardiovascular disease.
Which one of the following lipid-lowering pharmacologic therapies is the best option for this man?
Figure 1. American College of Cardiology-American Heart Association Cholesterol Guidelines: Intensity of Statins
Grundy SM, Stone NJ, Bailey AL, et al. 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2019;139:e1082-e1143.
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October 1st, 2023
October 1st, 2023
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