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drug adverse effects of lipophilic statins
Adverse effects:
- discontinuation of lipophilic statin* increases risk of Parkinson's disease [1]
- acute memory impairment within 30 days (RR=4.4, all antihyperlipidemic agents) [2]
* lipophilic statins cross the blood brain barrier
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DRUGS: LIPHOPHILIC-STATIN
FORM: drug adverse effects liphophilic statin
References
- Physician's First Watch, July 25, 2013
David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief
Massachusetts Medical Society
http://www.jwatch.org
- Lee Y-C et al.
Discontinuation of statin therapy associates with Parkinson
disease: A population
PMID: 23884037
http://neurology.org/content/early/2013/07/24/WNL.0b013e31829d873c
- Strom BL et al
Statin Therapy and Risk of Acute Memory Impairment.
JAMA Intern Med. Published online June 08, 2015
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=2301148