Anti-HMG-CoA reductase myopathy, an undesirable evolution of statin induced myopathy: a case report

• Những tác giả chính: Sunita Upreti (Tác giả), Beenish Fayyaz (Tác giả), Ramchandran P. Bongu (Tác giả)
• Định dạng: Sách
• Được phát hành: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Những chủ đề: article
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Statins are commonly used lipid lowering agents which play a pivotal role in reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Often well tolerated, these HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) inhibitors can sometimes cause severe muscle weakness and elevated creatinine kinase (CK) often labeled as statin intole...