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A group of doctors says plans to extend the use of statins for healthy people should be scrapped. Are we too quick to pop a pill for every ill?

A group of doctors says plans to extend the use of statins for healthy people should be scrapped. The NHS says taking the tablet early could save lives... But are we, as a society, overusing medical treatments? More than 2.7 million prescriptions are written every day ..

From Calpol to Ritalin, statins to sleeping pills, anti-depressants to flu tablets, aspirins to paracetamol. Are we turning into an over medicalised society - nation of pill poppers?

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Wed 11 Jun 2014 09:00

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  • Wed 11 Jun 2014 09:00