1. Name all of the prescribed drugs you have taken DRUGS!

3. Prescribed Medication L.O: To evaluate the use of prescribed medication such as statins to treat cardiovascular disease

4. What would life be like without drugs?

6. LEGAL DRUGS  The overall impact of legal drugs (prescribed and non-prescribed) is much greater than the impact of illegal drugs because far more people use them

7. Question …. What are the top 10 most prescribed drugs?

8. Simvastatin

9. WHAT ARE THE TOP TWO DRUGS PRESCRIBED FOR? Heart Disease!

10. Read / research Should we prescribe more, less or the same amount of statins?

11. Looking at this data do you think statins are an effective drug? Why? Figure 1 This graph shows the effects of different doses of different statins on the ‘bad’ cholesterol in the blood

12. Read and answer the news article questions on statins

13. Does your doctor always know best? Should you take whatever medicine the doctor prescribes for you without question? Is Simvastatin the best drug for treating cardiovascular disease?

14. Task: exam question on statins

15. EXAM SKILLS! EVALUATE –Evaluate means more than just comparing the two methods. –You will need to write down some of the pros and cons for both systems, AND then state which one is better and why. –You should then complete your answer with a conclusion.

16. TASK Evaluate the effects of statins on cardiovascular disease compared with aspirin. QWC!