Use of statins. Standing Medical Advisory Committee should reconsider advice to use Sheffield risk table

Comment

T M Reynolds. BMJ. 1997.

. 1997 Dec 13;315(7122):1620.

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People at risk of coronary heart disease should not be denied treatment with effective drugs for purely financial reasons.
Reynolds TM, Wierzbicki AS, Crook MA, Capps NE. Reynolds TM, et al. BMJ. 1998 Jul 4;317(7150):80. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7150.80. BMJ. 1998. PMID: 9651289 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Use of statins. Sheffield table is useful.
Ramsay LE, Wallis EJ, Haq IU, Williamson R, Yeo WW, Jackson PR. Ramsay LE, et al. BMJ. 1998 Aug 15;317(7156):473-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7156.473a. BMJ. 1998. PMID: 9703541 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

The use of statins: a case of misleading priorities?
Freemantle N, Barbour R, Johnson R, Marchment M, Kennedy A. Freemantle N, et al. BMJ. 1997 Oct 4;315(7112):826-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.315.7112.826. BMJ. 1997. PMID: 9353492 Free PMC article. No abstract available.