Washington (OTL) - Statin drugs have normally been used by people with high levels of cholesterol. The drug helps them to lower their cholesterol levels and it reduces their risk of having a stroke or heart attack. But recently researches have discovered that stain drugs can also be used by people who have normal cholesterol levels. The benefits people with normal cholesterol receive are a reduction in heart attacks and strokes. It can also lower the risk of heart disease. After discovering this, many researchers believe healthy people should be taking statin drugs on a daily basis.
People who are against the use of the drug by healthy people believe the increased use of statins will cost the U.S. healthcare system over $9 billion a year. And they also believe it will expose a huge number of people to the side effects.
Some doctors believe statin drugs will be helpful for people with normal cholesterol because they have discovered that half of the heart attacks happen to patients with normal cholesterol levels. And because of this doctors believe the statin drugs will be very useful in helping healthy people to reduce their risk of a heart attack or stroke.
The other benefits of statin drugs are an increase in bone density and a reduction in the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. And it also could prevent cataracts, glaucoma, and inhibit dementia.