Statin Use Associated with Lower Risk of Severe Liver Disease and Complications: Study Finds

“As a result, statin recipients had a 40% lower risk of developing severe liver disease compared with patients who did not drink statins,” the doctor comments on the results of the study. “Moreover, statin recipients were less likely to progress the disease to cirrhosis or liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), less likely to die from liver disease.”