ALS Risk Not Increased by Statins WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on ALS Risk Not Increased by Statins
Recent research shows that there is no link between statins and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. 41 long-term trials were conducted to find the link between the cholesterol lowering medication and ALS. Over 100,000 patients were studied and it was found that of the statin takers, 4.2 out of 100,000 had a risk to develop this disease, while 5 out of the 100,000 that were taking a placebo, were at risk to develop ALS.
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- Contributor: Amy Sandhu
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Contributor: Amy Sandhu
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Statins Do Not Increase ALS Risk, Statins Do Not Increase Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Risk, Lou Gehrig's Disease Risk Not Raised By Statins
- Last update: May 22, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
