Aspirin, statins help reduce heart attack severity

MEDICATIONS such as aspirin and statins that have commonly been prescribed to prevent heart attacks also help lessen their severity, medical researchers in China revealed in a research study published in the journal PLOS ONE.

Cardioprotective medications such as aspirin, statins and beta-blockers are prescribed to patients who have high risk of a heart attack because they reduce the chance of a first or repeat event, explained first author Dr. Li Min, a researcher at Peking University Health Science Center in Beijing.