Jeff
Statins available on Private Prescription - if outside a chosen few
criteria?
1. pretty dodgy in regard of terms of service as still need to be NHS
prescribable for many patients
2. needs monitoring on ongoing basis - private fee for this too?
3. isn't this two tier medicine by the back door, requiring a complete
rewrite of several sections ( and underpinning philosophy) of TOS?
4. but isn't the health gain from pravastatin 40mg daily ( for £50 per
month) for a 50 yr old at 15% 5 year risk greater than that from a £?? BUPA
subscription?
5. If it was *your* money would you buy endpoint trialled pravastatin for
£45-50 or me-too-statin for £15-20?
More thinking the unthinkable I suspect - interested to hear what lurkers
think here.
Chris
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