Cholesterol drug users may use pills as a license to overeat

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who take the common cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may feel a false sense of security and eat a bit more, according to a new study. Researchers found that U.S. adults taking statins in 1999-2000 were eating fewer calories than people not taking the drugs, but statin users were eating about the same amount as non-users by 2009-2010. "We believe that physicians need to reemphasize the importance of a healthy lifestyle to statin-users," Dr. Takehiro Sugiyama told Reuters Health in an email. Eating excess calories and fat would not only compromise the cholesterol-lowering effect of statins, he said.



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