https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/08/statins-may-prevent-people-losing-eyesight-later-life/
Statins may prevent people from losing eyesight in later life
Scientists also found people prescribed diabetes drugs, such as insulin and anti-inflammatories, had lower risk of developing the condition
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor 8 November 2022 • 6:00am
Statins and other drugs which lower cholesterol may also prevent people from losing their eyesight in later life, scientists have found.
Experts, led by a team from University Hospital Bonn in Germany, examined 14 studies involving almost 40,000 people from the UK, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Russia.
They found that people taking statins were 15 per cent less likely to go on to develop age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Similarly, they found that people prescribed type 2 diabetes drugs - such as insulin and anti-inflammatories - also had a 22 per cent lower risk of AMD.