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Prescriptions for statins have trebled in a decade, with nearly 60million doled out last year.
The NHS now spends £100million a year handing out the pills to approximately seven million Britons, according to official figures.
And this is set to rise further after next week, when it is thought that the health watchdog will urge GPs to offer many more patients statins to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
NICE will publish guidance a week from tomorrow which is likely to tell doctors that anyone with a 10 per cent risk of developing heart disease over the next decade should be prescribed the medication.
Experts believe the 10p-a-day drugs will be offered to up to five million additional patients as a result, taking the total to 12million.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...100m-handing-pills-seven-million-Britons.html
The NHS now spends £100million a year handing out the pills to approximately seven million Britons, according to official figures.
And this is set to rise further after next week, when it is thought that the health watchdog will urge GPs to offer many more patients statins to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
NICE will publish guidance a week from tomorrow which is likely to tell doctors that anyone with a 10 per cent risk of developing heart disease over the next decade should be prescribed the medication.
Experts believe the 10p-a-day drugs will be offered to up to five million additional patients as a result, taking the total to 12million.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...100m-handing-pills-seven-million-Britons.html