A: There is an underdiagnosed condition called statin-induced autoimmune myopathy (Southern Medical Journal, April 2022). It can take years to show up and can be hard to treat. Even after stopping ...

However, muscle-related side effects, including weakness, pain and myopathy, are common side effects of statins, reported in up to 5% of users. Here, we present the case of a rare but severe ...

Reprod Sci. 2023 Apr;30(4):1033-1048. doi: 10.1007/s43032-022-01038-2 Qu H, Guo M, Chai H, et al. Effects of coenzyme q10 on statin‐induced myopathy: an updated meta‐analysis of randomized controlled ...

Of note, statin-treated FH patients have been shown to exhibit similar ... and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III), 2002]. Increased risk of myopathy when ...

Several classes of medications can affect the normal function of muscles (myopathy) and tendons (tendinopathy ... Selva-O'Callaghan A, Alvarado-Cardenas M, Pinal-Fernández I, et al. Statin-induced ...

The meta-analysis authors noted that although most studies have reported a low risk for statin-induced hepatotoxicity, clinicians should proceed with caution in some patients with existing cirrhosis.

The question of whether CoQ10 can help treat statin myopathy is a common one encountered by clinicians in current day practice.

Though high cholesterol may contribute to the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia (ADRD), taking a statin did not seem to protect people from the disease, a study finds.

Statin use correlated with significantly lower incidences of HCC, reducing the 10-year cumulative incidence from 8.0% among nonusers to 3.8% among statin users. This corresponds to an absolute ...

However, Gill cautioned that, “s[i]nce this was an observational study, we cannot use the results to say that statins reduced the risk, just that a patient being on a statin medication may have ...