Statins increase muscle pain or weakness at 1 y, with an absolute excess of 11 events/1000 person-y

Chirag Bavishi

doi:10.7326/J22-0101

Statins increase muscle pain or weakness at 1 y, with an absolute excess of 11 events/1000 person-y

Ann Intern Med. 2023 Jan;176(1):JC4. doi: 10.7326/J22-0101. Epub 2023 Jan 3.

Author

Chirag Bavishi¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA (C.B.).

PMID: 36592471
DOI: 10.7326/J22-0101

Abstract

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;400:832-45. 36049498.

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Comment

MeSH terms

Cholesterol
Double-Blind Method
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors* / adverse effects
Myalgia* / chemically induced
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Substances

Cholesterol
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors