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Clinical and laboratory phenotype of patients experiencing statin intolerance attributable to myalgia.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Harris Leonard J, Thapa Rashmi, Brown Michael, Pabbathi Sabitha, Childress Richard D, Heimberg Murray, Braden Ron, Elam Marshall B
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BACKGROUND: Muscle pain without elevation of serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) (myalgia) is the most common medication-related adverse effect of statin therapy; it occurs in up to 10% of patients who are prescribed statin therapy. Although much is known regarding risk factors for overt myositis, very few studies have provided information on this common form of statin intolerance. METHODS: We defined a detailed...
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