Re: Trial of Atorvastatin in RA (TARA): double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

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I'm on a low dose of Lipitor for my cholesterol but don't know if it

helps my RA. I started taking Lipitor after Arava raised my

cholesterol. But statins are also supposed to be good for diabetes, too.

Sue

On Monday, June 28, 2004, at 08:14 PM, wrote:

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> INTERPRETATION: These data show that statins can mediate modest but

> clinically apparent anti-inflammatory effects with modification of

> vascular risk factors in the context of high-grade autoimmune

> inflammation.