An alternative medication to statin drugs significantly lowers cholesterol and the risk of heart attacks, as well as reduces the need for a procedure that unblocks clogged arteries, according to a large clinical trial.
There was a small increased risk of complications, including gout and gall stones, in patients who got the medication versus those who received placebos.
Rather than focusing simply on cholesterol levels, the researchers were looking at data that might be more meaningful to patients — the risk of heart attacks, for example — which Nissen hopes will encourage more patients to take a cholesterol-lowering drug. ”We are not looking to supplant statins,” Foody said. “They are the first-line therapy. Anyone who can get on statins, should.”
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