Statin and exercise prescription

摘要

WethankThijs Eijsvoels and colleagues for their thoughtful comments on our study1 regarding physical activity and statin therapy. As they state, physically active individuals might be more vulnerable to the skeletal muscle side-effects of statins. A lipid-lowering agent that will not adversely affect skeletal muscle will certainly be welcomed. We share Luca Mascitelli's recommendation that physical activity should be regarded as the first step in cardiovascular disease prevention, and that the addition of a statin should be considered only if it does not interfere with exercise. Most importantly, we concur with the eloquently stated and obvious truth that has been ignored by health-care professionals for many years: "improving of population health should not simply be made the work of drug companies."