High doses of a cholesterol-lowering drug may help some strokesurvivors avoid a second stroke and future heart problems, the firsttest of this approach found.
Experts said medical guidelines will probably be changed torecommend high doses of statin drugs as a routine part of stroke carefor certain patients.
For every 100 people given high doses of the statin Lipitor, therewere about two fewer strokes and three to four fewer major heartproblems than among those given dummy pills, but also one morehemorrhagic stroke, or bleeding into the brain.
"Even with that risk, you can clearly see a benefit," said Dr.Adnan Qureshi, director of the cerebral vascular program atUniversity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark.
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