Word: pravastatin
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...Pravastatin reduces the risk of stroke by 31 percent and the risk of recent heart attack and death from heart disease by 24 percent in post-heart attack patients with average cholesterol levels, according to the study which was printed in last week's New England Journal of Medicine. In addition, there were similar reductions in the need for coronary artery bypass surgery and coronary angioplasty...
...study, titled "The Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Events After Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Average Cholesterol Levels" (CARE), was the first of its kind to evaluate the long-term benefits of pravastatin...
...Through the CARE study, we have learned that even those patients who do not have high cholesterol can optimize their post-heart attack treatment and reduce their risk of a cardiovascular event such as heart attack and stroke by taking pravastatin," said Marc A. Pfeffer, associate professor of medicine and Director of the CARE Clinical Centers, in a press release...
With the CARE study, Pravachol, the trade name of Pravastatin, becomes the first cholesterol-lowering medication to reduce the risk of stroke...
...CARE trial demonstrates that treatment with pravastatin can substantially reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in patients with a history of heart attack," said Frank M. Sacks, the principal investigator of CARE and associate professor of medicine...