Hyderabad: Clinical practice in India has shown that experts are still in a dilemma regarding what food to suggest to people with high levels of cholesterol.
Cardiologist Dr M.S.S Mukherjee said, “Certain facts can’t be denied as at the clinical level we are finding people coming with worse levels of trans fatty acids, severe cardiovascular problems and very high level of sugars. In these cases statins have shown a marked improvement in both secondary and primary prevention. Statins are the most critically studied medicine in all the medical disciplines and it has shown a marked change in controlling the levels. It is not clearly understood why this slander from time to time against statins when it is so properly documented?”
Experts state that generic statins have been available for a decade now and it is the most used drug in the generics. A senior doctor wondered, “Is it a fall out of the fight between brand and generics?”
