Statins and skeletal muscles toxicity: From clinical trials to everyday practice

The mechanism(s) underlying the occurrence of statin-induced myopathy are ill defined, but the results of observational studies and clinical trials provide compelling evidence that skeletal muscle toxicity is a frequent, dose-dependent, adverse event associated with all statins. It has been suggeste...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Norata, Giuseppe, Tibolla, G., Catapano, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Academic Press 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56277