Apparently to boost take up. Oh joy.
So, OTC Statin treatment is not off the table. No discussion on the veracity of studies citing benefits etc etc just how to get 'those who most need treatment' onto the drugs.
And it is not clear (still) who would pay for the drugs, if it is OTC then the patient pays which they say 'may' be a sticking point.
Hope this link works.Hi,
Do you have a link or program name on "catch up?"
I've googled the relevant & all I get is old programs aired from 2014 & 2007?
Lol, the last three years I've had the stark unfounded, blind "prophesies" from HCPs if I don't have them on my repeat prepaid script. Still not conviced to add them to the list.
In the case of a T1 of a "certain age" like me? The "tax payer." Like me!
If these are otc this is not as bad as it seems, as one would have to actively choose to take them. If they were in the water supply then for me this would be a legally challengable action.
It is simple but hard with the otc move - somehow on a shoestring budget "we" need to have the views of Aseem Malhotra front and centre, as a counter balance to statins becoming sweets.
In the water supply?, blimey Mbaker, don't go giving them ideas!
If they put it in the water supply then I am stuffed.
They already put fluoride in the water so they don't need to be given ideas about blanket dosing a population with harmful substances.In the water supply?, blimey Mbaker, don't go giving them ideas!
Filtered rainwater? We get enough and they do it in regional Australia all the time. Mind you they also the space for huge tanks in the gardenThey already put fluoride in the water so they don't need to be given ideas about blanket dosing a population with harmful substances.
This is why I drink bottled water and am thinking of investing in a reverse osmosis filtration system it's the only way to get these substances out of the water.
I glanced at a paper not so long ago that inferred that there was no lower limit with LDL. That made no sense to me at all (which is why I did not read the paper in its entirety).What worries me is not the relative risk of taking them at a sensible dose but if you take too many and have a total cholesterol level below 2 or whatever you will be doing real damage. Someone posted recently who said their total was 2.1 or something and was pleased at that low level after taking statins. I didn't think they should be so pleased and should reduce the dose. My otherwise excellent cardiologist also said to reduce cholesterol way down and also talke4d totals.