Volume 12, Number 5, September-October 2005

Statin prescribing: is the reality meeting the expectations of primary care?
Adrian JB Brady, John Norrie, Ian Ford

Two surveys were carried out to look at statin prescribing in UK general practice. The first was a study of the Mediplus prescribing database in relation to coronary heart disease (CHD) patients prescribed a statin. The second was a postal survey of the attitudes and beliefs about statin prescribing among general practitioners (GPs) who had contributed to this database. Results showed that despite 80% of GPs believing they had achieved target cholesterol levels (< 5 mmol/L) in 80% of their CHD patients, this was initially only achieved in 65% of patients, rising to 78% after titrations and switching. Only 46% of patients achieved a chol-esterol reduction of 25%, which increased to 56% after titrations and switching.

Br J Cardiol 2005;12:397-400.

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