A new study has found statin drugs, used to lower cholesterol levels and thwart heart problem, helpful to minimize the risk of developing perilous blood clots which can stay in the legs or lungs.

The researchers observed that Crestor cut the risk of developing blood clots in nearly half of the participants with low cholesterol.

But it was also noticed to higher the inflammation which took part in many diseases. It is not known whether the beneficial outcomes were due to reduction in cholesterol or CRP, since Crestor was found to perform the both functions.

Many doctors have been reluctant to the expanding use of statin in the people with normal cholesterol because many out of them would have to be treated to avert a particular additional case.

The United States investigation that conducted above than 1500 aged Mexican Americans for five years detected that statin takers were almost half as probably to produce dementia, or to have cognitive harm devoid of dementia, as those who did not make use of statins. Statins are usually prescribed for lessening the LDL or “appalling” cholesterol.

The research is published in the 29th July online issue of Neurology and was the effort of explorers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, led by Mary Haan, epidemiology professor at the University’s School of Public Health.

Earlier investigation has presented mixed consequences regarding the result of cholesterol lessening medications on cognitive function. For this longitudinal research, the conductors examined the connection between statins and occurrence of dementia and cognitive injury devoid of dementia over 5 years of record.