Systemic statin use reduced the rate of proliferative vitreoretinopathy and reoperation following primary retinal detachment repair by nearly half, according to a speaker at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting.
“Statins are the most commonly prescribed drugs for high cholesterol, but they also have anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic properties, including inhibiting IL-6, IL-8 and MCP-1 in [retinal pigment epithelium] cells,” Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA, FASRS, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, told Healio. “The purpose of our study was to determine if oral statin