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A sensible step that will cut deaths and disability or a mistake that will medicalise millions?
There are starkly opposing views of proposals from the health watchdog the National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to dramatically increase the numbers offered statins.
They are already the most commonly prescribed medicines in the UK, which work by lowering the level of cholesterol in blood.
Around seven million people are on the tablets which cost less than 10p a day.
It is estimated they prevent around 7,000 deaths a year from heart attacks or strokes. Add to that the tens of thousands of people who are saved from disabling non-fatal attacks and you can see why health experts are keen on statins.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26152492
There are starkly opposing views of proposals from the health watchdog the National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to dramatically increase the numbers offered statins.
They are already the most commonly prescribed medicines in the UK, which work by lowering the level of cholesterol in blood.
Around seven million people are on the tablets which cost less than 10p a day.
It is estimated they prevent around 7,000 deaths a year from heart attacks or strokes. Add to that the tens of thousands of people who are saved from disabling non-fatal attacks and you can see why health experts are keen on statins.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26152492