Here is a blog entry in plainer English (which I myself needed to fully grasp the seriousness of this new paper.)
http://bloodbrainbarrierblog.blogspo...elination.html
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This not only suggests that relapsing/remitting MS patients should be carefully monitored while taking simvastatin (if they should be taking it at all in the first place), but that long-term treatment with simvastatin could have profound effects on the CNS. This should definitely temper the enthusiasm expressed by the American Academy of Pediatrics last year for giving statins to children as young as eight years old.
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Simvastatin was used because it is more fat soluble and hence gets into the brain in higher amounts than some of the other statins.
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