Cholesterol Drug May be Used For Mesothelioma Cancer Treatment

By DrS

Lovastatin is a cholesterol drug that was introduced back in the 80’s. Today, researchers are looking at this drug as a treatment for mesothelioma cancer. Researcher knew early on that the drug was responsible for killing cancerous cells. The risk was to high at the time to do any studies with the drug because users would need high dosages of the drug. The recently, a doctor started giving it to patients suffering from pleura mesothelioma.

A revelation learned recently is that a doctor gave the drug Lovastatin to a mesothelioma cancer patient in 2000 that was a stage four patient and today he is still alive and free from mesothelioma cancer. That is nine years almost with no signs of cancerous cells. This could be a breakthrough for mesothelioma patients. Read more about this study here.

If you are diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer, you should seek mesothelioma legal advice before seeking any treatments that are not approved. Mesothelioma lawyers can tell you the legalities of using treatments and what treatments are allowed or not allowed. Mesothelioma is a deadly cancer and one needs to be careful with the type of treatments they receive.