Older adults had a 16% lower risk for developing parkinsonism after taking statins for 6 years compared with those not on statins, a report published in Neurology showed.
Shahram Oveisgharan, MD, assistant professor of neurological sciences at Rush Medical College in Chicago, and colleagues assessed 2,841 people (average age, 76 years) who did not have parkinsonism, 936 of whom were taking statins. Researchers monitored participants annually for an average of 6 years to check statin usage and signs of parkinsonism.
At the conclusion of the study, 1,432 people (50%) had developed signs of