Do Statins Offset Venous Thrombosis Risk With Hormone Therapy?

[Nelson Vergel]

"...an important issue because we know that menopausal hormone therapy, especially oral therapy, is linked to an excess risk for VTE, approximately doubling of risk in the randomized clinical trials. There is also emerging evidence from some randomized trials, such as the Jupiter trial, that step therapy may be linked to a reduction in risk. This may be related to anti-inflammatory or antithrombotic effects of statin therapy."

Do Statins Offset Venous Thrombosis Risk With Hormone Therapy?

Is statin therapy able to offset some of the excess risk for VTE among women taking menopausal hormone therapy?

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