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bjp-16772	Helali, Asadul M.; McLay, James; Mohamed, Isa Naina	Prescribing trends of statins in Scotland: A drug utilization study	2013	9	.pdf	application/pdf	5447	274	56	According to the NCEP ATP III guide- lines 2004 (National Cholesterol Education Pro- gramme/Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines) (Grundy et al., 2004), in addition to the current goal of 100 mg/dL, the new goal for LDL-C has been recommended as 70 mg/dL for the patients with increased risk of CVD events. The better efficacy of 10/20 mg atorvastatin than 20/40 mg of simvastatin, in the primary prevention of CVD (Weng et al., 2010) might be the reason for the second most common prescribed statin in Scotland.	cache/bjp-16772.pdf	txt/bjp-16772.txt