Media reports may see patients stop statins… again

Megan Haggan 29/06/2016

A new UK study has supported Australian evidence that the media can influence whether people stop taking their medicines: and again, the medicines involved are statins.A period of controversy over the risks and benefits of statins was covered widely in the UK media and followed by a temporary increase in the number of people stopping

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Media reports may see patients stop statins… again

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