
A new study has found that Britain boasts of the second largest prescription levels for statins, drugs to protect against strokes and heart attacks, in the western world.
The study was conducted by researchers at Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) who surveyed around 23 industrialized nations with Britain emerging as the country which had the highest number of prescriptions for the drugs.
Around eight million people are currently being prescribed some form of anti-cholesterol drugs while some cardiologists have suggested that the drugs should be made compulsory for all patients from the age of 50. However experts have questioned the widespread use of such drugs.
Source: Medindia