Association of Statin Therapy With Risk of Epilepsy in 2 Propensity Score-Matched Cohorts.
CONCLUSIONS: This study did not demonstrate a significant beneficial or deleterious effect of statin use on risk of being diagnosed with epilepsy. Clinicians should not withhold statins, whenever indicated, in patients with epilepsy.
PMID: 29400081 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Trivedi LU, Alvarez CA, Mansi IA Tags: Ann Pharmacother Source Type: research
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