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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 respo...
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