Statin therapy reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in people over 60 years of age. This drug is safe and highly beneficial for people over 85 years of age. Statins are known as wonder drugs. It is a class of lipid-lowering drugs that significantly reduce cholesterol levels in the blood.
Statin drugs reduce the risk of heart disease
These drugs inhibit the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, which plays a major role in the formation of cholesterol in the liver. By reducing cholesterol, statins help prevent cardiovascular diseases (CVD). This statin drug works to control serious diseases like heart attack and stroke in old age.
Effective in the treatment of CVD
Statins are commonly prescribed for both the treatment and prevention of CVD, making them an integral part of modern cardiovascular medicine. A new study of adults 60 years and older has now found that the use of statin therapy as primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention was effective in preventing CVD and all-cause mortality, even in adults 85 years and older.
Report published in ‘Annals of Internal Medicine’
According to a report published in ‘Annals of Internal Medicine’, researchers from the University of Hong Kong set a goal to investigate the relationship between statin therapy and CVD risk using electronic health records (EHR) from the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. The research included adult patients over 60 years of age who did not have any previous CVD.
According to the data found in the report, starting statin therapy in people of all ages has reduced CVD and mortality due to all causes. Even the mortality rate of people aged 85 years and above has also decreased.