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New injection to help lower cholesterol for UK šŸ’‰

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A new drug to lower cholesterol will be made available to hundreds of thousands of NHS patients, thanks to a world-leading deal announced by the head of the health service today.

The revolutionary new treatment, Inclisiran, is delivered as an injection twice a year and can be used alongside statins, adding to the options available to patients to help control their cholesterol levels.

This first NHS ā€˜population health agreementā€™, announced today and agreed between the NHS and Novartis, will enable 300,000 patients with high cholesterol and a history of cardiovascular disease to benefit from the lifesaving drug over the next three years, a figure that could rise to nearly half a million people beyond that initial period.

england.nhs.uk/2021/09/nhs-...

bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/inclis...

However, it seems there is to be a 9 month trial first: šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

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helixhelix

Is it just me, or might it be worth spending the same amount of money on preventative health to try to avoid some of these problems in the first place? Maybe by controlling the food industry, and advertising of junk food, and putting more into healthy school meals and cookery classes? Making public sports facilities cheaper/free?

Iā€™m sure itā€™s a fine drug, and for some with genetic problems it will be great, but there seems to be less and less interest in looking after people, and helping them live healthy lives, and more in finding solutions that donā€™t require any medical time or effort.

Or maybe Iā€™m just grumpy today....

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Moomin8 in reply to helixhelix

I do agree with you. But I suppose there are still many who don't have that option.

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Snackjack in reply to Moomin8

You are right about that, I have HEREDITARY Hypercolesterolemia, didn't know I had it until I was 38 and had a heart attack so I wasn't being treated for it.

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helixhelix in reply to Snackjack

Iā€™m not knocking research and solutions for these problems. After all Iā€™m benefiting from a hugely expensive biologic drug!

I just wish that the health service were as keen to fund preventative programmes. And then perhaps my RA would never have been triggered in the first place?

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AgedCrone in reply to helixhelix

Unfortunately anything requiring self discipline is not likely to work in the U.Kā€¦.ā€¦.look at the obesity & Type 2 Diabetes problems in very young peopleā€¦.itā€™s usually not the youngsterā€™s faultā€¦but so many parents refuse to believe their children are overweight until itā€™s too late. You only have to watch programmes on overweight children ā€¦..95% accompanied by 15 stone 5ā€™ tall mothersā€¦..declaring their child is ā€œwell builtā€! Before Iā€™m shot down in flamesā€¦..yes there are exceptionsā€¦but it does seem mainly it is down to refusing to acknowledging there is a problem.

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Neonkittie17 in reply to Snackjack

Hope you are steady at the mo. šŸ™šŸ»šŸ’—

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Neonkittie17 in reply to helixhelix

No not at all grumpy, HH, I thought exactly the same as soon as I read this news. Although I thought it could be really good for some people who had tried all kinds of preventative measures but to little avail .. I also thought .. could this be giving some people the green light to eat whatever they liked and to lead an unhealthy lifestyle as they know theyā€™ll get this new med? I must be grumpy too then today! šŸ˜³šŸ˜†

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Moomin8 in reply to Neonkittie17

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rabbits65

I still think that is very good news as I know people who have high cholesterol and drugs are not working. So a new injection might be more hopeful for some people . Yes research generally is very slow and I agree preventative would be the overall best.

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Boxerlady

Great that it will be available for those who need it but I have to agree that, where possible, prevention must be better than cure.

The cynic in me thinks that the drug companies and processed food producers prefer it this way....

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