Don't Stop Statins in Patients Getting the Flu Vaccine

January 2016

Patients may ask you whether statins reduce flu vaccine efficacy.

This stems from new data suggesting that seniors taking a statin have a lower immune response to the inactivated trivalent flu vaccine.

Plus other evidence suggests that statin patients vaccinated against flu have more respiratory illnesses.

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Table of Contents

Antibiotics Recommend Alternatives to Quinolones
Cardiology Reassure Stent Patients that Clopidogrel is an Important Heart Med
NSAIDs Explain Topical NSAIDs May Work as Well as Oral NSAIDs
Hypertension Considering Suggesting Lower Systolic BP Goals in SOME Patients
Hepatitis C Emphasize Adherence to Help Boost Hep C Cure Rates
Antipsychotics Be Aware that Abilify is Linked to Uncontrollable Gambling and Hypersexuality
Vaccines Don't Stop Statins in Patients Getting the Flu Vaccine
Asthma Suggest Just a Single Dose of Dexamethasone for Asthma Exacerbations
Diarrhea Don't Recommend Dukoral (oral cholera vaccine) for Traveller's Diarrhea
Supplements Watch Our for Supplement Brand Name Extensions
Contraceptives Suggest Stopping Hormonal Contraceptives by Age 55