Patients experiencing statin-induced myalgia exhibit a unique program of skeletal muscle gene expression following statin re-challenge.

Statins, the 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase inhibitors, are widely prescribed for treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Although statins are generally well tolerated, up to ten percent of statin-treated patients experience myalgia symptoms, defined as muscle pain without elevated creat...

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Main Authors: Marshall B Elam, Gipsy Majumdar, Khyobeni Mozhui, Ivan C Gerling, Santiago R Vera, Hannah Fish-Trotter, Robert W Williams, Richard D Childress, Rajendra Raghow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5542661?pdf=render