Pulse magazine revealed there has been a bug in a computer system used by some GPs to determine a patient’s risk, meaning some people have had their risk of cardiovascular disease miscalculated. The decision to prescribe statins to patients is never taken lightly, and those who are prescribed them will undertake regular medication reviews. “With statins being such a controversial treatment, among both doctors and patients, the seriousness of this error is particularly pronounced. “We would advise our patients who take statins, and those who have cardiovascular problems but don’t, not to panic as a result of this news. Health regulators have launched an investigation after it emerged that patients may have been inappropriately put on statins or taken off them as a result of a computer error.

Source: The Guardian May 11, 2016 17:44 UTC