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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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Autor principal: Alzghari, Saeed K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29974012
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2557