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Statins And Muscle Pain Side Effects
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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From Our Experts
Statins: good drugs for bad cholesterol
Statins (technically, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are a very important class of prescription medications. The drugs in this class... Read more »
Is joint and muscle pain a common side affect of Imitrex?
Full Question: Is joint and muscle pain a common side affect of Imitrex?For treatment of 4-5 migraines a week, I have been taking Imitrex... Read more »
Cholesterol-lowering Statins Not Linked to Cancer
A number of news reports published yesterday implied that taking statins may raise the risk of cancer. At least 11 million Americans take... Read more »
Memory loss, confusion, increased diabetes risk possible side effects...
The FDA recently announced increased safety warnings for those taking cholesterol lowering drugs, saying that they can cause memory loss,... Read more »
Do Statins Lower Your IQ?
That’s a question more and more people in the medical community are beginning to wonder. Anectodotal reports from several prominent... Read more »
From Our Sources
Muscle pain may not recur after switching statins
A University of Wisconsin study found that statin-related myopathy, or muscle pain, may not recur after switching to a different drug. Of those... Read more »
Statins Don't Work Equally in Men and Women: Experts
Millions of Americans--both men and women--take statins to lower their cholesterol. But experts say that though there is an abundance of evidence... Read more »
Red Yeast Rice May Be Alternative to Statins: Study
Results from a new small study suggest that red yeast rice supplements may offer an alternative to people who use statins to lower their cholesterol.... Read more »
Statin-related muscle pain may be genetic: expert
A reader asks Joe and Teresa Graedon about the flu-like symptoms he experienced when he began taking the statin Lipitor, symptoms that stopped after... Read more »
Statins linked to muscle damage in some patients
According to a new study, people who take cholesterol-lowering statins and also experience muscle pain or weakness may be suffering structural damage... Read more »
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