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Article: STATINS MAY TRIGGER MUSCLE, COGNITIVE PROBLEMS
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- The Hindustan Times
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- January 28, 2009
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Washington, Jan. 28 -- (ANI): Statins, commonly used for lowering cholesterol levels, can give rise to muscle and cognitive problems, according to a new study.
Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and director of UC San Diego's Statin Study group analysed 900 studies on the adverse effects of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins).
It also helps explain why certain individuals have an increased risk for such adverse effects.
"Muscle problems are the best known of statin drugs' adverse side effects," said Golomb.
"But cognitive problems and ...