Ruling out drug interactions, especially medications that inhibit intestinal and liver CYP enzymes, is a reasonable approach in order to determine the cause of statin myalgia. Simply lowering the dose ...

LONDON, ON — Are a patient's aches and pains truly related to the statin or are they the result of other causes? Differentiating statin-related myalgia from general muscle pain can be difficult, so a ...

A study suggests most patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) can take statins without experiencing symptom worsening. While statins can lead to worsening of myasthenic symptoms in patients with ...

Decades of research have established statins as a safe treatment to effectively lower cholesterol and improve health outcomes. Most people take these drugs without any adverse effects. However, like ...

Up to 30% of people have some degree of statin intolerance, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology. Test your heart health knowledge and learn more about managing your ...