More questioning of the desirability of using statins

Experts question use of statins among elderly - Guardian

Extract:

"The effectiveness of drugs such as statins in treating the elderly has been questioned by a group of medical experts.

In today's British Medical Journal, they said: "By using preventive treatments to reduce the risk of a particular cause of death in elderly people, are we simply changing the cause of death rather than prolonging life?"

The authors - senior lecturers from New Zealand and Devon and a London GP - raise doubts about the government's aim to reduce the number of people dying from the "epidemic" of cardiovascular disease by 40% by 2010. They argue that the cause of death will probably be "substituted" for something else, such as cancer."

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