Affiliation:
1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton Faculty of Health Sciences, Southampton, UK
Abstract
In this two-part article, Andrew Richardson, educational advisor for the BANCC, discusses the use of one of the world's most prescribed medicines: statins. In part one, a brief review of the research history of statins is followed by discussion of how statins have been presented in the media, and how this may have deleterious effects on patients. The role of the cardiac nurse in caring for patients on statin therapy is also briefly addressed.