DO STATINS BENEFIT HEALTHY PEOPLE ?

  by  Dr. Neville Wilson.    ( MODERN MEDICINE Vol 43, Number 2, 2013 – The Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine)   Statins are inhibitors of the enzyme (HMG-CoA) reductase, which catalyses the rate limiting step in cholesterol formation, reducing total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL)…

THE RISE AND FALL OF TREDAPTIVE

by Dr. Neville Wilson 30 Jan 2013   Tredaptive was introduced into the European drug market on 3rd July 2008, as a pharmaceutical formulation designed to treat certain forms of mixed  dyslipidaemia in patients judged to be at risk of cardiovascular disease. On the basis of…