Statin drugs worthless for routine use in healthy adults, study suggests: NewsTarget.com

A new study of cholesterol-regulating statin drugs -- published by the Archives of Internal Medicine -- found that the drugs slightly lower the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with no cardiovascular disease history, but may have little capacity to reduce risk of death.

Statin drugs are prescribed to lower levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol and lessen blood vessel inflammation. They are currently the most widely used class of drug in the United States, and some experts have said that they can help ward off everything from lung disease to dementia. However, the benefits of statins on cardiovascular disease patients with healthy cholesterol levels are in doubt.

University of Toronto researchers analyzed seven previous trials of nearly 43,000 adults 55- to 75-years-old. The average adult was found to have a nearly 6 percent chance of a heart attack or stroke during a four year and four month period, whereas the groups on statins had only a 4 percent risk.

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