The debate on the benefits and harms statins conducted in the scientific world is not the first year. On the one hand, these substances seem to protect the heart by preventing the risk of serious illness and premature death. Nevertheless Heart Disease Today the main cause of death among people in developed countries.
On the other, science still knows very little about the side effects statins . People regularly take them to prevent heart attacks and strokes, but at the same time with this medication can cause harm to human health of a different kind. Most doctors believe that Statins should not be taken all in a row as a preventive measure, you need to prescribe these drugs only to those people for whom the benefits of receiving statins outweigh the potential harm.
The Cochrane Library journal published the results of clinical trials use statins . The authors emphasize that most of the studies were carried out by companies that just made Statins That immediately raises doubts about the objectivity of the results. But even here it has been marked serious side effects.
Some patients take regularly Statins Observed short-term memory loss, depression and mood swings. Earlier studies have shown that Statins can cause disruption of the liver, acute renal failure, cataracts and muscle myopathy.
The experts analyzed the results of 14 clinical trials of drugs statins , Which was attended by 34 thousand patients. The overall conclusion is that statins do reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, but they should not be given to people who previously had no heart disease .
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