Refusal of statins after a stroke is deadly

American scientists have studied the effect of statins on patients who have had a hemorrhagic stroke. It was found that if such patients stop taking these drugs, their risk of death increased by three times.

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Researchers from Kaiser Permanente concluded that termination statins   for patients who have already had a stroke, It increases the risk of death at three times. Statins are used to prevent stroke as reduce cholesterol levels and rate of formation atherosclerotic plaques occluding the artery. Even after stroke has already occurred, it is impossible to stop the medication, according to a research.

The researchers found that 58% patients taking statins, but stopped taking them after stroke   in the hospital, dying within a month. Those stroke victims who continued taking medication, the mortality rate was 19%. Only 20% of patients who stopped reception statins , Discharged from hospital to home or nursing home. Under those continued to drink these pills, the amount is more than half discharged.

These studies were based on observations of nearly 3500 patients after stroke , Enrolled in 20 different US hospitals. All of them suffered hemorrhagic stroke caused by bleeding into the brain. It is believed that statins blood thinners, and thus degrade over a given species stroke. However, it found that these drugs reduce the level of inflammation improve blood flow to the brain and protect it from further damage. (READ MORE)

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