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Heart Drug 'Hype'? Docs Debate Crestor

Some Physicians Say Last Month's Enthusiasm Has Not Led to Change in Practice

"Over the last five years, I've had a variety of physicians tell me various and sundry things about cholesterol," says Dixon, an associate partner at IBM consulting who has taken pravastatin (Pravachol) in the past.

"I don't want to 'not take medicine' if it's prudent that I do…but I don't want anything in my body that I don't need."

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