August 12th, 2012
Discontinuation of Statin Therapy Due to Muscular Side Effects
Discontinuation of statin therapy due to muscular side effects: A survey in real life
Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, 07/03/2012 Clinical Article
Rosenbaum D et al.–
Muscular symptoms associated with average dosage statin therapy are more frequent than in clinical trials and have a greater impact on patients' life than usually thought.
Methods
•Authors conducted a wide survey on 10,409 French subjects.
•Among these, 2850 (27%) had hypercholesterolemia and 1074 were treated with statins.
•Muscular symptoms were reported by 104 (10%) statin treated patients and led to discontinuation in 30% of the symptomatic patients.
•The main prescribed statins were low doses rosuvastatin, atorvastatin and simvastatin.
•Pains were the most commonly described symptoms (87%) but many patients also reported stiffness (62%), cramps (67%), weakness or a loss of strength during exertion (55%).
Results
•Pain was localized in 70% but mostly described as affecting several muscular groups.
•Approximately 38% of patients reported that their symptoms prevented even moderate exertion during everyday activities, while 42% of patients suffered major disruption to their everyday life.
Read more: http://www.mdlinx.com/cardiology/news-article.cfm/4127326/dyslipidemia#ixzz23MZvinU9
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