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Sir Richard Thompson spoke after a review into key trials concluded the pills were not effective in protecting against heart disease.
The former president of the Royal College of Physicians and personal doctor to the Queen for 21 years said: “The statin data needs to be urgently scrutinised. We are very worried about it and particularly side-effect data which seems to have been swept under the carpet.
“We have to be very wary of the doubts about statins produced by this new research and if we are wrong about widespread prescribing of this drug we have to stand up and say sorry.”
The cholesterol-busting drugs are given to up to 12 million patients in the UK, or around one in four adults.
More on this story here.
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/652133/former-Royal-Queen-doctor-Sir-Richard-Thompson-demand-statin-inquiry-heart-disease
The former president of the Royal College of Physicians and personal doctor to the Queen for 21 years said: “The statin data needs to be urgently scrutinised. We are very worried about it and particularly side-effect data which seems to have been swept under the carpet.
“We have to be very wary of the doubts about statins produced by this new research and if we are wrong about widespread prescribing of this drug we have to stand up and say sorry.”
The cholesterol-busting drugs are given to up to 12 million patients in the UK, or around one in four adults.
More on this story here.
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/652133/former-Royal-Queen-doctor-Sir-Richard-Thompson-demand-statin-inquiry-heart-disease
