Statins increase muscle pain or weakness at 1 y, with an absolute excess of 11 events/1000 person-y.

Bavishi, Chirag · Ann Intern Med · 2023

meta_analysis · Level I

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Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' Collaboration. <b>Effect of statin therapy on muscle symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of large-scale, randomised, double-blind trials.</b> Lancet. 2022;400:832-45. 36049498.

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