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Cholesterol Drugs Can Help Stroke Patients

Added March 1st, 2006

Recent reports released by researchers have suggested that drugs used in the treatment of lowering cholesterol could also help stroke patients. According to researchers and statistics, there was an 80% drop in mortality in stroke patients who tool cholesterol lowering drugs, known as statins. Researchers revealed the details at the International Stroke Conference in Kissimmee, Florida.

Norrina Allen, a PhD candidate at Yale University and a researcher who helped conduct the study for the University HealthSystem Consortium stated: "These preliminary results suggest that more work is needed to be done to clarify the role of statins in mortality. There's a potential that all stroke patients who are coming in with acute stroke could be given statins as soon as they reach the hospitals."

An analyst stated that the results were "another positive for the utilization of statins". He also added: "I think a lot of people at risk for strokes probably have high cholesterol, and are taking statins or should be taking a statin. I see the report overall as having a limited impact."

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