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Withdrawal of cerivastatin from the world market

Cerivastatin was recently withdrawn from the market because of 52 deaths attributed to drug-related rhabdomyolysis that lead to kidney failure. The risk was found to be higher among patients who received the full dose (0.8 mg/day) and those who received gemfibrozil concomitantly. Rhabdomyolysis was...

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Autores principales: Furberg, Curt D, Pitt, Bertram
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC59524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11806796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cvm-2-5-205