After decades of mystery, scientists finally have an answer for this painful statin side effect

There's two promising options to make statins tolerable again.
Medscape

Highest simvastatin dose linked to increased risk of muscle injury, FDA warns

Rockville, MD - Simvastatin (Zocor, Merck/Schering-Plough), used at the highest approved dose of 80 mg, is associated with an increased risk of myopathy, including rhabdomyolysis, according to the US ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Scientists finally reveal the cause of agonizing statin side effects

Since statins first came to market in the late 1980s, muscle aches, weakness, and fatigue have driven many patients to ...
Reuters

FDA recommends limits on highest dose of Zocor

BANGALORE (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators recommended limiting the use of the highest dose of Merck & Co's cholesterol drug Zocor, citing an increased risk of muscle damage. Zocor, also known as ...
Medscape

An Update on Statin Alternatives and Adjuncts

The newer statins on the market have longer half-lives than the original statins. Alternative dosing schedules using once-, twice- or three-times a week or every-other-day dosing, have been ...
The Lancet

Statin safety: when warnings outlive the evidence

More than 30 years after the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study showed that statins save lives, their full public health potential remains unrealised. Statins are underused worldwide, and as a ...
Science Daily

Appropriate statin prescriptions increase sixfold with automated referrals

The odds of prescribing the appropriate dose of statins -- a medicine used to lower 'bad' cholesterol levels -- increased sixfold when automated referrals were made to pharmacy services, instead of ...