Might money spent on statins be better spent?

EDITOR–As Abbasi argues in his Editor's choice, the benefits of publishing negative findings should be obvious.1

As a general practitioner I wonder how many million pounds sterling the NHS could save if the Medical Research Council, the British Heart Foundation, and the Lancet shared this view. An example is in the prescribing of statins. They are a major cost in my practice, as I am sure they are to many practitioners.

Even in general practice I recognised …