Anti-cholesterol drugs could help stave off seizures

Statins, the family of drugs used to lower cholesterol, might also reduce the risk of epileptic seizures in people with cardiovascular disease, according to a new statistical study by a drug safety expert at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. The findings could provide the basis for randomised, controlled clinical trials to test the efficacy of the drugs as anti-epileptic medication...

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