SUMMARY A 66 year-old woman with no history of renal or liver disease presented with
progressive asthenia and diffuse myalgia. She cited 5 months history of mild hyperlipidemia …

Reason for posting: Rosuvastatin (Crestor) is a relatively new cholesterol-lowering drug that
has become one of the top-selling new pharmaceuticals since it was first marketed in …

HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) are highly effective drugs for prevention of
cardiovascular events in high-risk patients. Due to the widespread prescription of these …

Statins are considered to be safe, well tolerated and the most efficient drugs for the treatment
of hypercholesterolemia, one of the main risk factor for atherosclerosis, and therefore they …

Rhabdomyolysis is a life-threatening clinical and biochemical syndrome that results from
injury to skeletal muscle. Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) …

Discussion Rhabdomyolysis is a clinical syndrome characterized by necrosis of skeletal
muscle with release of intracellular toxins into systemic circulation. 1 Statin-induced …

This is a case report of a 71-year-old male with known diabetes, hypertension and diabetic
nephropaty who over the course of one year developed an unrecognized myopathy due to …

Introduction: Nutraceutical is a term applied for a plethora of products ranging from isolated
nutrients, herbal products to dietary supplements and recently, the interest for a nutraceutical …

Statins, which are used as first-line drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, are
usually safe, but in some cases there may be muscular toxicity. Statin-associated myopathy …

Statins are the most commonly prescribed medications for lowering low‐density lipoprotein
cholesterol (LDL‐C) levels. The hallmark adverse effect of all statins is myopathy, which …