Statins and intracerebral bleeds

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Dyslipidemia/29160

Review, meta analysis find little to no risk of intracerebral hemorrhage from statins.
MedPage Today (10/22, Neale) reported, "Statins do not appear to be associated with an increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage, a systematic review and meta-analysis showed." The study was conducted by "Daniel Hackam, MD, PhD, of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario" and reported online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The paper found that "if statin therapy does carry a risk of intracerebral hemorrhage, 'its absolute magnitude is likely to be small and outweighed by the other cardiovascular benefits of these drugs.'"


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