Statins ‘rarely to blame’ for muscle pain
Data from statin trials suggest most muscle symptoms are mild and short lived, researchers say
Statin therapy is likely to be the cause of muscle pain or weakness in only one in 15 patients who report such symptoms and mostly disappears after the first year of therapy, a meta-analysis shows.
An international research collaboration has concluded that most muscle symptoms linked to statins are not related to the drugs, suggesting patients should continue therapy until other potential causes have been ruled out.
