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08/21/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Risk of Parkinson’s disease increases with statin drug use

What if the drug meant to treat you actually gave you a different, just-as-bad disease? A report published in the medical journal Movement Disorders says this could be the case with statins, linking the use of the drugs to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. Statins are a class of drugs prescribed to prevent heart […]

11/06/2017 / By Russel Davis

Prescriptions of statins are missing the mark: New study finds they are being given to people who don’t need them, and not being given to people who do need them

Statins are being prescribed to and misused by patients who are otherwise at low risk of developing heart disease, according to a study carried out by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the United Kingdom. This indicates that the drugs are being given to people who do not need them, and not to patients […]

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