Statins: Almost every older person should be given potentially life-saving drugs, study finds

‘Almost every older person should be taking statins, a new study has found.
Millions of people in the UK are eligible for and would benefit from taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs, the research found.
Almost all men over 60 and women over 75 should be taking the drugs, the research found. And more than a third of people between 30 and 84 should be allowed to do so.
The sweeping findings could suggest that GPs will be asked to prescribe the drugs to the majority of their patients, leading to huge strain on doctors.
But professional groups have warned that the relationship between a patient and their doctor remains the most important, and that the physician will still make the ultimate decision on what their patients should be prescribed, despite the findings of the study.’
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