| Use of aspirin and statins lowers C-reactive protein levels, but so does weight loss. |
| It is evident from experimental animal studies and from human studies that statins have salutary effects in heart failure. |
| Health chiefs say that the level of cholesterol lowering drugs, statins, prescribed by GPs, has exceeded predicted levels. |
| Chronic use of statins has reduced thrombogenicity during PCI-induced plaque disruption and lessened distal embolization of microdebris. |
| With reduced levels of cholesterol, statins also inhibit the synthesis of bile acids. |
| A fourth target just over the horizon might be the promotion of local nitric oxide synthesis in bone by statins. |
