interesting new canadian report

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[http://www.rxlist.com/rxboard/lipitor.pl?read=4710]

Read this .

In rare cases, statins can cause muscle damage that can lead to muscle pain and weakness. "In the worst form, patients can die due to muscle breakdown leading to kidney damage," Dr. Wright said. "It's not a trivial thing."

As well, doctors are seeing more cases of statin-induced peripheral neuropathy, where the long nerves in the body die off, causing numbness and pain in the feet.

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Re: In rare cases, statins can cause muscle damage that can lead to muscle pain and weakness. "In the worst form, patients can die due to muscle breakdown leading to kidney damage," Dr. Wright said. "It's not a trivial thing."

This in known as 'death due to rhabdomyolysis complications'. And the cases of rhabdomyolysis, once thought to be rare, are not so rare. There are over 100 deaths and 11,000 serious adverse effects cases attributed to Baycol, removed from the market in August, 2001.

Fran