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Over the Counter Statin Treatment Could Help Stem the Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, October 12th, 2007

Making statin treatment available without a prescription could help the fight against heart disease, says Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Writing in the September 1 edition of The American Journal of Cardiology, Dr. Fuster notes that a nonprescription statin program could provide patients with a tool of proved benefit in cardiovascular risk prevention. Educating the public and encouraging patient involvement in their own health care has repeatedly shown to be an...

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