The statin hearings were rife with contempt for consumers. The committee discussion veered from a study of the risks and benefits of Mevacor to the question of whether Americans were responsible enough to follow directions. A number of doctors fretted that over-the-counter statins would turn even more Americans into trans-fat-scarfing, exercise-eschewing gluttons. Frank Davidoff, a member of the advisory committee, echoed many of the other panelists when he predicted, "There may very, very well be people in the general public who begin to use over-the-counter statins who, in fact, would feel that this was a magic pill and they wouldn’t have to continue to diet and exercise."