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An Unnecessary Pain: Using Pharmacogenetics for Statin-related Skeletal Muscle Toxicity

Statins are an important class of medications in reducing the risk of cardiovascular events as well as overall mortality. However, a well-known adverse effect of statins is skeletal muscle toxicity, which may lead to abrupt discontinuation of the statin. In turn, patients may miss out on the benefit...

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Pubblicato in:Cureus
Autore principale: Alzghari, Saeed K
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Cureus 2018
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029739/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29974012
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2557
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