Statin Intolerance: the Clinician’s Perspective

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Stulc, Tomáš ^a   Ceška, Richard ^a   Gotto, Antonio M ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Low dose statin therapy; Muscle side effects; Myalgia; Statin; Statin intolerance

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID SEQUESTRANT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; EZETIMIBE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; PCSK9 INHIBITOR; ROSUVASTATIN; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPLETE STATIN INTOLERANCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; PARTIAL STATIN INTOLERANCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; STATIN INDUCED MYALGIA; STATIN INTOLERANCE; SYMPTOM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG TOLERANCE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MYALGIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84944725737     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-015-0552-3     Document Type: Review

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