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[Griff]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Statins do work. They lower cholesterol and there is a high correlation between high cholesterol and heart attacks. In this country GPs consult a risk criteria before prescribing statins, because they are an expensive drug. But the bottom line is the saving to the NHS of preventing even one heart attack (even in purely financial terms) is worth the cost of prescribing.

My Mom died from liver cancer after being put on statins. Causation? [shrug] Correlation? Absolutely. I wonder how seriously people try dietary changes before going the drug route?

[slang]

Originally Posted by Griff

I wonder how seriously people try dietary changes before going the drug route?

Not very seriously. Same for regular exercise. That might change as the costs of all these miracle cures increase as the middle class incomes decrease.


Hey. It could happen.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Sundae, with your health system, taking the drugs doesn't require a whole lot of decisions on the part of the patient, unlike here.

Retirees are the ones that need/take many of these expensive drugs. With Bush's sellout to the Drug companies, many of them are put in the position of having to pay for them without help. When making the choice between the drug and the rent, the NNT(and understanding it) would certainly be helpful.