Statin treatment for patients with a history of bleeding within the brain, may increase the risk of having another such stroke, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.The benefits of statins for reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke are well established, but more widespread use of statin therapy remains controversial, according to background information in the article. "A particular subgroup of patients for whom the advisability of statin use is unclear are those at high risk for intracerebral hemorrhage," or a stroke caused by bleeding within the brain, the authors write. "The reason for added concern is the increased incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage observed among subjects randomized to statin therapy in a clinical trial of secondary stroke prevention."
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