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Effect of statin therapy on muscle symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of large-scale, randomised, double-blind trials
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Background: Statin therapy is effective for the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and is widely prescribed, but there are persisting concerns that statin therapy might frequently cause muscle pain or weakness. We aimed to address these through an individual participant data meta-analysis of all recorded adverse muscle events in large, long-term, randomised, double-blind trials of statin therapy.
Methods: Randomised trials of st...
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01545-8
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- Elsevier
- Journal:
- The Lancet More from this journal
- Volume:
- 400
- Issue:
- 10355
- Pages:
- 832-845
- Publication date:
- 2022-08-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-08-09
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1474-547X
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0140-6736
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English
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1273381
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pubs:1273381
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- Copyright date:
- 2022
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- © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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