Tendon Problems a Possible Adverse Effect of Statin Therapy
5 Mar 2008 ... Researchers suggest that clinicians be aware of the possibility of tendinous complications, including tendonitis and even tendon rupture, ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/571031...
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Tendinous disorders attributed to statins: a study on ninety-six ...
Currently, however, statin-associated tendon impairment has only been described anecdotally. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate tendon ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18311771...
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What Your Patients Are Reading
6 Mar 2008 ... Tendon impairments may be an adverse effect of statin use, WebMD reports. ... The authors emphasized, however, that statin-associated tendon ...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/571097...
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Four cases of tendinopathy in patients on statin therapy.
... anterior tendon (case 2), and Achilles tendinopathy (cases 3 and 4). ... Statins are effective in lowering high cholesterol levels in patients with type
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11707010...
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August 29, 2006 Andrew Van Eschenbach, M.D., Acting Commissioner ...
statins and tendon ruptures. Statin-induced tendinopathy has been reported. as case reports in the literature.' However, fiuoroquinolones were ...
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/06p0371/06p-0371-cp...
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Tendon rupture and statin therapy: is there a link? Comment on the ...
Tendon rupture and statin therapy: is there a link? Comment on the article by Marie et al. Beri A, Khattri S. Publication Types:. Comment; Letter ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18668581...
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Statins - Discussion - WomenHeart Support Community - Inspire
Researching my drugs, I saw that the statins can practically cripple ... One day my achilles tendon started hurting, thought that I had ...
http://www.inspire.com/groups/womenheart/discussion/statins/...
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Tendon rupture associated with simvastatin/ezetimibe therapy.
Physiological repair of an injured tendon requires degradation and remodeling of the extracellular matrix through matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Statins ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17599460...
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Editor's Choice: Reductions in all-cause, cancer, and coronary ...
... and to subsequent development of tendon xanthomas, xanthelasmas, and atheroma.1 ..... We found that, before and after statins became widely available
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http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=25...
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Familial hypercholesterolemia and response to statin therapy ...
... tendon xanthomas and increased risk of early cardiovascular disease. ... Not all patients respond to statin therapy with a reduction in cardiovascular ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=16201...
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