Mayo Clinic Study on Statins and Stroke

Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that patients who were taking statins before a stroke experienced better outcomes and recovery than patients who weren't on the drug, even when their cholesterol levels were ideal. That finding is reported in the current issue of the Journal of Stoke and Cerebrovascular Diseases.

Wyatt Decker, M.D. discusses the study and its findings.

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[rominchal]

people should liaten to doctors not 2nd hand gossip..take your meds and live longer i say.. Listen to doc.

[Rob187ok]

I'd be careful in jumping to any conclusions before more research has been done because statins have some bad side effects.

[tickyul]

I truly believe that statins caused my father to have a stroke. At 75 his doctor said he had some plaque in his arteries (never effected him from what I saw) and prescribed a statin. After that it was all downhill, muscle wasting, weight loss, pain, eventually onto oxygen, amnesia, dementia and eventually a fatal bleeding stroke at 79.

[barky66]

That sounds promising indeed! Keep us posted with this kind of good news.