Letter to the Editors Statins down under

摘要

Use of statins in Australia is markedly higher than in Europe , although overall expenditure on cardiovas-cular drugs is less than that of many European countries , A high rate of statin use is consistent with extensive trial evidence suggesting that the statins produce signif-icant health gains. However, in practice, achieving those gains will require doctors to prescribe appropriately, eligible patients to receive treatment and patients to persist with treatment.