"It really has a lot of doctors like me really unhappy with what they're doing, " says Richard Stein, a cardiologist at Beth Israel Medical Center.

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Before the results were released, Richard Stein, a cardiologist at Beth-Israel Medical Center in New York argued that using these doses essentially stacked the deck against Zocor.

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"I think most physicians think it is unethical to take a drug like that and market it with only one cholesterol-lowering medicine, " says Richard Stein, a cardiologist at Beth Israel Medical Center.

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Other well-know figures who backed the trust's appeal included chef Rick Stein, actor Richard E Grant, yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur and comedian Paul O'Grady.

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