Use of statins was cost-effective with the cost per QALY gained below £3502 for standard therapy and below £11,778 for higher intensity therapy, which is well under the current threshold for ...

For those 76 years or older ... Overall, statins appear to be quite safe, though some precautions are important to keep in mind. First, because of the risk for birth defects, women who are ...

More people over the age of 75 should be taking statins, scientists have said, following a review of research. There had been a lack of evidence about how much the cholesterol-lowering drugs ...

Future Cardiol. 2009;5(1):1-4. That leaves extrapolation from secondary prevention women's results to support primary prevention statin use, yet the risk profiles for women in the two groups ...

It is worth asking the following questions: Is there a substantial burden of disease and disability in this group of elderly men and women that statin treatment can address in an effective manner ...