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1. 1. WebMD with AOL Health - Statin Withdrawal Hard on the Heart

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   Published on: 3/14/2006   Last Visited: 5/19/2006

   Statins lower not only cholesterol, but also reduce CRP, a marker of harmful inflammation in the arteries that can lead to blood clots, says researcher Folkert Asselbergs, MD, PhD, of the University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands.
   
   Dozens of studies have now shown that CRP, like cholesterol, is an important, independent predictor of heart attack and stroke risk, he says.
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   Asselbergs and colleagues studied 566 people who had been enrolled in a study pitting the cholesterol-lowering statin drug Pravachol against placebo.