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2022 Top Story in Cardiology: Statins Can Cause Muscle Symptoms
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- Thompson PD. Were Clinicians Right All Along? [abstract of Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' Collaboration. Effect of statin therapy on muscle symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of large-scale, randomised, double-blind trials. Lancet. 2022;400(10355):832-845]. PracticeUpdate Cardiology. 2022 Sep 20. Accessed October 28, 2022.
- Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' Collaboration. Effect of Statin Therapy on Muscle Symptoms: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Large-Scale, Randomised, Double-Blind Trials. Lancet. 2022;400(10355):832-845.
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- Thompson PD, Taylor B. Safety and Efficacy of Statins. Lancet. 2017;389(10074):1098-1099.
- Thompson PD. Are statin-associated muscle complaints real? [abstract of Howard JP, Wood FA, Finegold JA, et al. Side Effect Patterns in a Crossover Trial of Statin, Placebo, and No Treatment. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021;(12) 1210-1222]. PracticeUpdate Cardiology. 2021 Sep 27. Accessed October 28, 2022.
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