Ben Goldacre, MB, BS, BA, MA, MBBS, MSc
July 7th, 2014
Statins Are a Mess: We Need Better Data, and Shared Decision Making
Ben Goldacre, MB, BS, BA, MA, MBBS, MSc
The following open letter was originally published on The British Medical Journal‘s editorial page regarding the adverse effects of statins for patients with low risk of cardiovascular disease. It was written in response to an analysis by Abramson et al, and more information on the subject can be found here. I have two observations to […]
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