David Fischman

Taking care of patients, treating them with statins, is a job. It's a lot of work. It's not easy. It's a time commitment to get it right, when you start someone on a cholesterol medication, you're supposed to check their cholesterol in four to 12 weeks and then make adjustments, and this highlights the importance of doing that.

The take-home message for me is, we have to do a good job. We have to follow through, not just the physician but the patient, too, because if we don't, [ patients who don't reach target cholesterol levels ] are not going to fare as well.