The Claim

In heart transplant recipients, PCSK9 inhibitor therapy is associated with a low incidence of serious adverse drug reactions, and no events were attributed to the medication during follow-up of up to 21 months in a cohort of 97 patients.

Source: PCSK9 inhibitors safely and effectively lower LDL after heart transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

What the research says

Supports is higher

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Supports
41score
Challenges
0score

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Description
1 study reviewed
In plain English

People who got a new heart and took a drug called a PCSK9 inhibitor didn’t have serious side effects from the medicine — in fact, none of the 97 patients studied had problems caused by the drug over nearly two years.

See the scientific wording

PCSK9 inhibitor therapy in heart transplant recipients is associated with a low incidence of serious adverse drug reactions, with no reported events attributed to the medication across 97 patients followed for up to 21 months.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: PCSK9 inhibitors safely and effectively lower LDL after heart transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    The study looked at the same medicine in the same group of patients and found no serious side effects from the drug, just like the claim says.

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