An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Complications: A Case of Statin-Induced Necrotizing Myopathy in a Frail Elderly Patient

The use of statins for primary prevention in older adults remains controversial. In this manuscript, we present a case of an 81-year-old woman with a history of HTN, HLD, Alzheimer’s dementia and osteoporosis, who presented to a geriatrics clinic with profound muscle weakness accompanied by new func...

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Autores principales: Stens, Oleg, Neutel, Bradley, Goodman, Elizabeth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8938786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35314605
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7020033

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8938786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35314605
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7020033

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