Released October 2000
Cholesterol-lowering drug can help osteoporosis
Post-menopausal women who take a cholesterol-lowering drug have increased bone mineral density, according to an ARC-funded study published in The Lancet.
Dr Tim Spector from St Thomas's Hospital, London, and colleagues, revealed that post-menopausal women on the Chingford Study who took a drug called statin had increased bone mineral density. Their findings may have major implications for the design of future treatments of the bone-thinning condition, osteoporosis.
The ARC recently awarded a further five-year- grant of £168,000 to support the Chingford Study, which was set up 11 years ago to identify risk factors for osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.
