The research also found that people with HIV who took a statin were 21 percent less likely to die of a cardiovascular problem than were those who did not.
Although people living with HIV have a greatly increased risk for cardiovascular issues, such as blocked arteries, heart attacks and stroke,Live well every day with tips and guidance on food, fitness and mental health, delivered to your inbox every Thursday.Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the research also found that people with HIV who took a statin were 21 percent less likely to die of a cardiovascular problem than were those who did not.) to control the infection.
The researchers wrote that pitavastatin was selected because it does not interact with the drugs that are used to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. After about five years, study participants who were taking the statin also had lowered their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, considered the “bad” cholesterol, by 30 percent.
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