Statins’ potential to treat MS unrelated to lowering cholesterol

Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 04:39 in Health & Medicine

The widely prescribed statin, simvastatin, can medically help patients with secondary progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS) – for reasons that might be unrelated to the drug’s intended cholesterol lowering affects, a UCL study has found. “Although this study cannot provide a final answer as to what exactly is the reason for the success of statins in […]

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