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CYP2D6*4 polymorphism is associated with statin-induced muscle effects.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Sept 2007
Frudakis Tony N, Thomas Matthew J, Ginjupalli Siva N, Handelin Barbara, Gabriel Richard, Gomez Hector J
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Statin use is associated with a variety of overtly related muscle symptoms including muscle pain, myalgia, creatine kinase elevations without pain with myolysis and myositis (rhabdomyolysis), a potentially fatal side effect that led to the withdrawal of cerivastatin in 2001. Unintended drug response phenotypes have an impact on patient compliance and sometimes patient health and the assessment of risk on an...
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