Cholesterol drugs safe, even after a decade of use

Cholesterol-lowering drugs continue to produce benefits without any serious safety problems, such as increased cancer risk, even after more than a decade of use, researchers said Wednesday.


The finding from a large British clinical study following patients for 11 years provides reassurance for people at risk of heart attacks who are typically prescribed such medicines indefinitely.


So-called statin drugs are not without side effects. They can cause nausea, muscle pain, and occasional kidney and liver damage.


But long-term follow-up in the 20,000-patient Heart Protection Study (HPS) found no evidence that statins increased the risk of non-vascular mortality or made patients more likely to develop cancer.

Source: http://www.health.am/cholesterol/more/cholesterol-drugs-safe/

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