Cholesterol drug reverses heart disease and clears clogged arteries!

A cholesterol-lowering drug has for the first time been shown to shrink the kinds of blockages that cause most heart attacks, indicating that such pills may offer the first non-surgical way to start to clear clogged arteries.

A Cleveland Clinic-led study has found that intensive use of statins, the most commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, can reverse the build-up of plaque in coronary arteries. Previous studies have shown only a slowing or halting of the progression of coronary disease, but never regression or reversal. A new study of 500 patients found that high doses of a “statin” drug began to reverse the buildup, causing plaques lining the artery walls to recede. Statins are already widely used to prevent or slow heart disease. This study of more than 500 patients found that after two years of treatment with a high dose of Rosuvastatin, plaque volume was reduced by 7 to 9%.

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