1.5m more people to get cholesterol drug
May 29th, 2008 09:00
Statin pills, the drugs that treat high cholesterol levels, are set to be prescribed to over 1.5m more people in the UK under new government guidelines.
‘High-risk‘ patients are to be selected from GPs’ records and offered the chance to benefit from the treatment.
The estimations have been made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).


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