Saturday, August 25, 2012

Statin Use Linked to Cataracts

The millions of adults who currently use prescription statins to control their cholesterol levels may be inadvertently increasing their risk for developing age-related cataracts, new research suggests.

The bump in cataract risk linked to statin use appears comparable to the elevated risk already known to exist among people with type 2 diabetes, the study team observed. 

That said, the study authors cautioned that more research is needed before being able to definitively say there is a cause-and-effect relationship between statins and cataract risk.
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  1. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    There are many disease which can cause many serious problems like people can loss eye for lifetime and they want to recover that problem then they can use eye therapy.

    Cataracts

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