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Discovery may boost statin safety
Published on Thursday 24 July 2008 - 01:09 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/Scientists have pinpointed the genetic cause of a rare side effect of the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins.
New test may be trouble indicator
Published on Thursday 24 July 2008 - 00:00 - http://www.telegram.com/Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world.
Gene tied to muscle weakness from cholesterol drugs
Published on Wednesday 23 July 2008 - 23:28 - http://www.reuters.com/BOSTON (Reuters) - British researchers have located a gene responsible for muscle pain or weakness experienced by some people taking statin drugs to fight "bad" cholesterol, they reported on...
Statins may help kidney transplant patients: study
Published on Wednesday 23 July 2008 - 23:05 - http://www.reuters.com/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cholesterol-fighting statin drugs, already known to help ward off heart attack and stroke, may help people who have received a kidney transplant live longer, researchers said...
Genetic Cause Discovered For Statin-Related Muscle Pain
Published on Wednesday 23 July 2008 - 23:02 - http://roanoke.injuryboard.com/LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Statins Injuryboard on Lipitor NEJM online IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockphoto/ streaming blood/ author: Eraxion Some people who take cholesterol lowering drugs, known as...
Genetic variation found in many statin users with muscle problems
Published on Wednesday 23 July 2008 - 23:02 - http://www.tampabays10.com/Statins are given to lower cholesterol. Doctors are increasingly prescribing higher doses. Every year, about one out of 10,000 patients using them have muscle problems.
Statin study could lead to test for gene variant
Published on Wednesday 23 July 2008 - 23:02 - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world.
EARLY RELEASE: SLCO1B1 Variants and Statin-Induced Myopathy -- A Genomewide Study
Published on Wednesday 23 July 2008 - 23:00 - http://content.nejm.org/Background Lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with statin therapy results in substantial reductions in cardiovascular events, and larger reductions in cholesterol may produce larger...
Cholesterol drug side effect linked to gene variation
Published on Wednesday 23 July 2008 - 23:00 - http://www.nj.com/The weakness and muscle pain experienced by some people who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins is for the first time being linked to a common gene variation, researchers report in a...
Gene tied to muscle weakness from cholesterol drugs
Published on Wednesday 23 July 2008 - 23:00 - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/Discovery could lead to routine testing to identify patients who should be given a different class of drug
