Statin risks may outweigh benefits for patients with a history of brain hemorrhage
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
A computer decision model suggests that for patients with a history of bleeding within the brain, the risk of recurrence associated with statin treatment may outweigh the benefit of the drug in preventing cardiovascular disease, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of Neurology.