Rhabdomyolysis can cause severe muscle pain liver damage kidney failure and death.
Comparison statins side effects.
The most common side effects with rosuvastatin are.
The liver can become inflamed and there s risk of damage.
Statins clearly help to lower the risk for future ascvd events in patients at risk.
Muscle inflammation and pain.
In general statins are very well tolerated and about 85 90 of patients report no side effects.
Headache joint pain muscle pain and stiffness rash.
Elevated levels of cpk or creatine kinase a muscle enzyme that when elevated can cause muscle.
The risk of very serious side effects is extremely low and calculated in a few cases per million people taking statins.
In a small number of people statins cause an increase in enzymes that the liver uses to help digestion.
Very rarely statins can cause life threatening muscle damage called rhabdomyolysis rab doe my ol ih sis.
Myositis which is inflammation of the muscles.
The risk of muscle injury increases when certain other medications are.
Rhabdomyolysis can cause severe muscle pain liver damage kidney failure and death.
The risk of very serious side effects is extremely low and calculated in a few cases per million people taking statins.