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Simvastatin and cognition in MS
« on: July 12, 2017, 10:02:33 am »
More on simvastatin for secondary progressive MS, this comment, "Simvastatin and cognition in multiple sclerosis," from The Lancet, July 12, 2017:

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(17)30162-X/fulltext?elsca1=etoc

The comment appears in reference to an article by Chan et al. in the same issue of The Lancet, "Effect of high-dose simvastatin on cognitive, neuropsychiatric, and health-related quality-of-life measures in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis:  secondary analysis from the MS-STAT randomised, placebo-controlled trial":

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(17)30113-8/fulltext?elsca1=etoc

For more on statins for MS:

http://msspeaks.createaforum.com/general-discussion/national-ms-society-announces-research-grants-including-a-simvastatin-study/

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