Do statins increase your risk of developing ALS?
In short, it doesn't look that way, so you can relax.
The question arose, The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog notes, last year and prompted a review of several dozen studies that compared health outcomes of people taking statins with people taking a placebo. In short, reseachers found no significant difference in the rate of development of ALS between the two groups.
A finding to the contrary would have been significant, given that statins, which lower cholesterol, are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world.
