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We are currently contacting lots of our patients regarding statins. If you have followed an SMS/email link we have recently sent you, thank you for following the link and having a read of the information provided on this page. We highly recommend you watching a video from our Pharmacist Gail, explaining why we are recommending you a statin medication. Please click HERE to view the video.
If you are happy to start a statin medication, please let us know and we can organise a prescription to be sent to your preferred pharmacy. However, if you have any questions at all, we can book you an appointment with a member of our pharmacy team to discuss these.
Where can I find out more information?
For more information about prevention of cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, and statins we recommend the following websites:
Statins and Cholesterol Medicine
NICE Patient decision aid on should I take a statin?
There is lots of useful information about lifestyle modifications on these NHS website pages:
and also on the British Heart Foundation website:
Risk factors for heart and circulatory diseases
Below is an excellent healthy eating guide from Heart UK:
Heart UK – Healthy Eating Guide
Below are some guides, including a useful visual aid regarding a healthy diet.