Statins May Benefit People With Low Cholesterol

Medical News Today
10th November 2008



An international trial found that the cholesterol busting drug rosuvastatin reduced heart attack and stroke in men and women with low cholesterol who had high levels of C-reactive protein but who were otherwise classed as healthy, and experts suggested this could be a class effect of all statins and not just which is marketed by AstraZeneca as Crestor.