Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis?
Statins are commonly used drugs in the treatment of hyperlipidemia (HL), despite some undesirable side effects. These range from mild symptoms such as myopathy, muscle weakness and myalgia to severe muscle weakness associated with chronic myopathy and acute renal failure (ARF) as a result of rhabdom...
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| author | Mustafa Bolatkale Muhittin İşsever Ulaş Karaoğlu Ahmet Cagdas Acara Mehtap Bulut |
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| description | Statins are commonly used drugs in the treatment of hyperlipidemia (HL), despite some undesirable side effects. These range from mild symptoms such as myopathy, muscle weakness and myalgia to severe muscle weakness associated with chronic myopathy and acute renal failure (ARF) as a result of rhabdomyolysis. The most serious and deadly side effect of statins is rhabdomyolysis. The case presented here is of a patient with rhabdomyolysis due to treatment with the antihyperlipidemic drug, atorvastatin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-255770fd857f419f968e3d5b9eec23362022-12-21T19:07:57ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesJournal of Emergency Practice and Trauma2383-45442018-06-0141515210.15171/jept.2017.02Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis?Mustafa Bolatkale0 Muhittin İşsever1 Ulaş Karaoğlu2Ahmet Cagdas Acara3Mehtap Bulut4Department of Emergency Medicine, Medipol University Hospital, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medipol University Hospital, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medipol University Hospital, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Gaziemir State Hospital, Izmir, TurkeyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Gaziemir State Hospital, Izmir, TurkeyStatins are commonly used drugs in the treatment of hyperlipidemia (HL), despite some undesirable side effects. These range from mild symptoms such as myopathy, muscle weakness and myalgia to severe muscle weakness associated with chronic myopathy and acute renal failure (ARF) as a result of rhabdomyolysis. The most serious and deadly side effect of statins is rhabdomyolysis. The case presented here is of a patient with rhabdomyolysis due to treatment with the antihyperlipidemic drug, atorvastatin.http://www.jept.ir/article_46325_35f5d65ac2d27d84e84097a96d1776cc.pdfRhabdomyolysisAtorvastatinHeart attackStatin |
| spellingShingle | Mustafa Bolatkale Muhittin İşsever Ulaş Karaoğlu Ahmet Cagdas Acara Mehtap Bulut Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis? Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma Rhabdomyolysis Atorvastatin Heart attack Statin |
| title | Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis? |
| title_full | Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis? |
| title_fullStr | Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis? |
| title_short | Heart attack or rhabdomyolysis? |
| title_sort | heart attack or rhabdomyolysis |
| topic | Rhabdomyolysis Atorvastatin Heart attack Statin |
| url | http://www.jept.ir/article_46325_35f5d65ac2d27d84e84097a96d1776cc.pdf |
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