Timely initiation of statin therapy for diabetes shown to dramatically reduce risk of heart attack and stroke: Study

 Isn't your competent? doctor already initiating statin therapy immediately post stroke? NO? So, your doctor is completely out of date on stroke?

1. Statins.

tested in rats from 2003

http://Statins induce angiogenesis, neurogenesis, and synaptogenesis after stroke Statins induce angiogenesis, neurogenesis, and synaptogenesis after stroke  

Simvastatin Attenuates Stroke-induced Splenic Atrophy and Lung Susceptibility to Spontaneous Bacterial Infection in Mice

Or,

Simvastatin attenuates axonal injury after experimental traumatic brain injury and promotes neurite outgrowth of primary cortical neurons 

October 2012

tested in humans, March, 2011

http://www.medwirenews.com/39/91658/Stroke/Acute_statin_therapy_improves_survival_after_ischemic_stroke.html

And now lost even to the Wayback Machine

So I think this below is the actual research;

Association Between Acute Statin Therapy, Survival, and Improved Functional Outcome After Ischemic Stroke April 2011 

The latest here:

Timely initiation of statin therapy for diabetes shown to dramatically reduce risk of heart attack and stroke: Study