I've be taking cholesterol drugs and got glaucoma?Could the drugs have caused it?

dorice1221 · Newbie Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 1

Hello! My cholesterol has been high for more then two years. Since I was a smoker and I was forty eight years old I decided to change my habits. My doctor told me I had a greater chance of getting a heart disease which really frightened me. I went to cholesterol lowering diet and I stopped smoking. I also use cholesterol lowering drugs (Lovastatin) but I have been recently diagnosed glaucoma. Could the cholesterol drugs have caused it?

gena1249 · Newbie Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 2

Hello! It is good you decided to change your habits; this will improve your health. Cholesterol lowering drugs are connected to your glaucoma but in the positive way. Some researches showed that long-term use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, especially statins, protect eyesight and reduce the risk of glaucoma. This refers to patients who used cholesterol-lowering drugs for two years or more. It is found that those dugs reduce the incidence of open-angle glaucoma which can cause damage to the optic nerve and although it can’t be cured it can be controlled.

I've be taking cholesterol drugs and got glaucoma?Could the drugs have caused it?

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