Switching statins: Cost of simvastatin is overestimated

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John S Ashcroft, general practitioner (jsashcroft@nhs.net)

Old Station Surgery, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 8ES

EDITOR—Although the savings identified by Moon and Bogle look impressive,1 and the price of simvastatin may look cheap; the authors have overstated the cost of simvastatin to the NHS by a factor of 4, and the future cost, probably by a factor of 8 and maybe 40.

The market price for simvastatin 10 mg is 29p per …