A study of 421,402 people found that those taking cholesterol-lowering statins were 15% less likely to develop glaucoma. Among people who already had it, the bigger difference was in who needed surgery.

[u/thesciverse]

https://thesciverse.org/statins-and-glaucoma-risk-eye-surgery/

Statins are among the most prescribed drugs in the world, taken by millions of people for one reason: to lower cholesterol. But for years, lab studies have hinted that they might also protect nerve cells from dying, including the ones that connect the eye to the brain. US researchers decided to check that in real patients, using medical records from a global database of 165 million people. They focused on glaucoma, the eye disease that slowly and silently steals sight.

[u/mom2mermaidboo]

I wonder if it is taking the statins, or just people who go on statins have improved their diet in general and thus have less Insulin Resistance and inflammation?

Nearly 75% of the cholesterol in our bloodstream is produced by our Liver.

[u/ursiwitch → u/mom2mermaidboo]

Good question

[u/ComputerRights → u/mom2mermaidboo]

I do wonder if many studies showing benefits of statins, or perhaps skewing brain fog effects, may be due to those who take them AND who go into studies valuing a healthy lifestyle

[u/ExtraCalligrapher565 → u/ComputerRights]

Many of these studies are designed to control for these factors among several others. Statins have incredibly robust data demonstrating their benefit.

[u/TripResponsibly1 → u/mom2mermaidboo]

Which statins directly inhibit

[u/Earesth99]

Of course this might be the healthy user bias.

People who take statins are concerned about their health and do effective, appropriate things to improve their health.