Don’t Give Up On Your Statin! It May Prevent Gallstones As Well As Heart Disease!

A new study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that long-term statin use may prevent the need for gallstone surgery. Statins include Liptor, Zocor (simvastatin) and Crestor. Most heart disease patients take a daily dose of statins to reduce the risk of heart attack or death from heart disease. Apparently statins have a newly discovered side effect of preventing progression of gallstones. When a person develops too many gallstones they may need to have their gallbladder removed in the future. In other words, taking a statin everyday may help to reduce your risk of having belly surgery in addition to lowering the risk of heart attack! Anything that keeps you out of the hospital is an important part of staying healthy! So if you want to avoid going under the knife, take your cholesterol medicine everyday!