Cholesterol Lowering Statin Drugs Safe For Liver Disease Patients

Since I'm taking statins, this article somehow consoles me that my liver is safe.  Read on:

Paris – The fight against cholesterol via statins has raised many controversies over the past years, however, according to recent studies statin drugs are not so invasive as it was initially assumed mainly for patients who were diagnosed with a liver problem. So far, physicians avoided to prescribe cholesterol lowering statin drugs whose action is based on blocking a liver enzyme. The risk associated with this blockage usually referred to heart issues.

Recently, the threat assigned to cholesterol lowering statin drugs has lost of its previous intensity due to the fact that an impressive study comprising 437 participants whose investigation lasted over three years. The patients who enrolled in this complex investigation program had a moderate form of liver disease and NAFLD (non-alcoholic fat liver disease).

The research group from Greece has divided the participants and throughout the three-year duration 227 patients underwent a therapy based on cholesterol lowering statins drugs, whereas the rest of 210 patients were not treated.

At the end of the investigation period, results show that 10 percent of the group that was under statin-based therapy had a heart issue, such as strokes or heart attacks, whereas the other group that lacked statin drugs therapy had a rate of similar event of 20 percent. Based upon comparative results, cholesterol lowering statins proved to be beneficial for the group who received statin-based treatment for over three years reducing the risk of developing cardiovascular issues.

The study that was published last week and run by doctors in Greece, seems to destroy a deeply-rooted medical assumption saying that statin drugs are risky for liver disease patients.



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