Statin drugs, which are designed to lower elevated cholesterol levels, also may stave off dementia in patients thought to have Alzheimer’s disease, a preliminary study said on Monday.The positive findings from the study, which was completed by 46 people believed to have the mind-robbing disease, have prompted two larger trials of statins, said the report by the Sun Health Research Institute in Sun City, Arizona.Pfizer Inc., the maker of the statin Lipitor, provided funding and the drugs used in the study, which was published in the May issue of Archives of Neurology.
