Nelson Vergel
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Statin users with prolonged statin-related muscle pain may also experience muscle damage, even when a blood test used to identify muscle injury is normal, new research shows.
Studies suggest that between 10% and 15% of patients who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Crestor, Lipitor, Lescol, Mevacor,Zocor, and Pravachol experience muscle pain as a side effect of treatment.
Most do not end up with muscle damage, and a simple blood test is routinely performed to identify patients who do.
But the new study suggests the test for elevated levels of an enzyme associated with muscle injury, known as creatine phosphokinase or CPK, may be less accurate than widely believed.
“The patients in our study were unusual in that they had experienced weeks to months of persistent muscle problems,” Richard H. Karas, MD, PhD, tells WebMD. “We found that these patients can have evidence of microscopic damage to their muscles even with a normal CPK.”
http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-ma...scle-damage-from-statins-may-evade-blood-test
Studies suggest that between 10% and 15% of patients who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Crestor, Lipitor, Lescol, Mevacor,Zocor, and Pravachol experience muscle pain as a side effect of treatment.
Most do not end up with muscle damage, and a simple blood test is routinely performed to identify patients who do.
But the new study suggests the test for elevated levels of an enzyme associated with muscle injury, known as creatine phosphokinase or CPK, may be less accurate than widely believed.
“The patients in our study were unusual in that they had experienced weeks to months of persistent muscle problems,” Richard H. Karas, MD, PhD, tells WebMD. “We found that these patients can have evidence of microscopic damage to their muscles even with a normal CPK.”
http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-ma...scle-damage-from-statins-may-evade-blood-test
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