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Statin-related muscle pain may be genetic: expert

(Los Angeles Times) UPDATED 2009-06-22

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 his doctor took him off the cholesterol drug. The Graedons respond with information about muscle pain and other statin side effects, including some detail on a University of Buffalo study that suggests these side effects may have a genetic component. Read full story >

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