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Statins therapy and muscle- is there a weakness

Long term statins therapy has been show to cause muscle weakness, aches,pains and muscle breakdown. It is estimated to affect around 0.1% of people on statins therapy and leads to diseases such as myositis and can be fatal if left untreated due to rhabdomyolysis.
Statins and muscle weakness must be monitored and the measurement of a [...]

Say goodbye to grapefruit juice if you are on statins therapy

tatins therapy is not without its risks and in this post I consider statins effects when combined with grapefruit. A single glass of grapefruit juice while taking your statin has been deduced as being enough for the negative statins effects. One piece of grapefruit is all it takes for the deadly statins effects.
How does [...]

Do statins cause memory loss?

am going to do three posts on statins therapy this week, and this is my first post investigating whether statins therapy causes memory loss.
Doctors reported that some of their female patients, especially those on Lipitor reported a loss of memory and thinking. In one particular patient, a woman in her forties, experienced an inability [...]