Statins reduce cardiovascular events and lower mortality. 

More than 63% of patients prescribed statins by their family physicians reported high adherence to these medications according to a study carried out by Nandini Natarajan, MD CCFP, R. Wayne Putnam, MD CCFP FCFP, Alexandra M. Yip, MSc OT(C), Dawn Frail, MSc. Large clinical trials have shown that patients with dyslipidemia who take statin medications on a regular basis have substantially fewer major cardiovascular events and lower mortality after 1 to 2 years of continuous treatment.

Correspondence to:

Dr. Nandini Natarajan, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5909 Veterans Memoral Lane, AJLB 8101B, Halifax NS B3H 2E2; e-mail nandini.natarajan@dal.ca