#24 JournalChat// NOCEBO EFFECT + STATINS with Dr. James Howard

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💊 STATINS...everyone's on them and lots of people stop them!In this JournalChat, we caught up cardiologist Dr. James Howard, one of the co-authors of the SAMSON trial published in last months New England Journal of Medicine and featured in last months Round-Up.James is a cardiology registrar at Imperial College, London. He chats to us about statin side effects, how the Nocebo effect might play a role, and how the SAMSON trial might help us better counsel patients about side effects. He also t...