Online ISSN: 2149-3189
2015
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Nicaea Medical Publishing
Türkiye

Statin-associated myopathy: a general overview

Allam Harfoush
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.416772
Abstract
Among the amazing turn of events in preventing and reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases since the discovery of statins, thousand of physicians started to prescribe it as a regular life-long treatment, but regarding the expanding number of patients on statin therapy, a wide spectrum of side effects started to appear. Statin-associated myopathy considered as one of the most common side effects and could be subtle for a long time, we performed a review to provide a clinical summary of statin-associated myopathy and to discuss possible mechanisms of risk factors and management of statin-associated myopathy. 
Keywords
Statin-associated myopathy, myalgia, myositis, rhabdomyolysis
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Harfoush A. Statin-associated myopathy: a general overview. Eur Res J. 2019;5(4):707-711. doi:10.18621/eurj.416772
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