Thyroid Eye Disease

Statins decrease risk of orbitopathy in newly diagnosed Graves´ disease

In patients with newly diagnosed Graves´ disease, treatment with statins may protect against the development of Graves orbitopathy, according to a study. Researchers compared Graves orbitopathy incidence among 34,894 patients with newly diagnosed Graves’ disease. Among statin users, 77.1% used simvastatin, 28.9% used atorvastatin, and 8.2% used other statins. Graves...