The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7286 p175
14 February 2004

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Paying for statins

People who have a high cholesterol level that falls below the recommended treatment level should be able to be obtain a private prescription for statins from their GP and have follow-up monitoring, researchers suggest. Although their proposal could increase inequality, they say that it would increase absolute levels of health care and this would benefit all members of society (BMJ 2004;328:400).