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A recent American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine position paper speculates that pharmacist participation in patient care beyond patient education and hospital rounds will be time consuming for physicians [ 31 ] . In reality, pharmacist participation in the collaborative management of conditions such as hyperlipidemia through programs like ours, may free nephrologists' time for other activities and improve patient outcomes while still maintaining physician control of therapy.
That 54% of patients were on statins and 58% were at goal LDL cholesterol at the beginning of the program can be attributed to the close monitoring by nephrologists in a fellowship program and the pharmacy-run statin conversion clinic.
Overall, the program was well accepted by nurses, nephrologists and patients.
Despite editorial speculation that nephrologists are "late to the party" in adoption of cardiovascular risk reduction measures [ 9 ] , underutilization of proven therapies is not unique to nephrology.
Admittedly, lipid lowering and its benefits are less well defined in renal failure explaining why nephrologists may not be as aggressive in statin prescribing [ 28 ] . However, the anticipated shortages of nephrology manpower (nephrologists, nurses, physicians' assistants, dietitians) may make it more difficult in the future to achieve therapeutic goals [ 29 ] . Methods to help promote appropriate use of statins and other drug therapy would be beneficial.
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