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Simvastatin Causes Muscle Pain
Dr. Peter Gott answers a reader's question about whether Zocor could be causing left shoulder pain soon after the reader was diagnosed with an injury to the other shoulder. Dr. Gott explains how statin side effects are diagnosed and how the body may respond to injury.
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