Less common side effects you may have with statins are: Nausea Hair loss Pins and needles sensations, such as pricking, numbness, or tingling on your skin Liver inflammation, which can make you feel like you have the flu Pancreas inflammation, which can cause stomach pain ...
Peripheral artery disease (narrowing of blood vessels because of fat deposits and reducing the blood flow to the limbs) Common side effects of statins include: Headache Dizziness Gastricproblems Lowplatelet count Nausea and vomiting Muscle pain Sleep problems Other side effects associated with statins i...
Among a long list of side effects assessed - which included nausea, renal disorder, myopathy and rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown), muscle ache, insomnia, fatigue, and gastrointestinal disturbance - only the risk of new onset diabetes mellitus was increased bystatin therapy. In the 14 primary preve...
Using the two drugs in combination usually results in the same side effects as those caused by statins alone – primarily muscle pain and stomach problems. Talk to your doctor if you'd like to try this. List of statins There are many different types of statins. The five types available ...
While taking atorvastatin (Lipitor), avoid high-fat and high-cholesterol foods as part of your overall treatment. You should avoidlarge quantities of grapefruit or grapefruit juice, which can increase the risk of serious side effects. Also, avoid excess alcohol use, as this may cause serious ...
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Of course, taking supplements to reduce a health risk is nothing new. Also, many drugs start out as prescription only and eventually make the transition to over-the-counter availability. All drugs have the potential to have some nasty side effects, especially if taken improperly or in large do...
Unpleasant side effects.Some people don’t take their statins because they cause side effects that are hard to tolerate. If unpleasant side effects have caused you to avoid your medicine or cut the dose, talk to your doctor about it.
such as common fluoride side groups (Fig.1). Statins may have different intracellular effects depending on their chemical structure [8]. Compared with hydrophilic statins (such as pravastatin and rosuvastatin), lipophilic statins (such as simvastatin) show a greater ability to penetrate the cell mem...
A list of anticancer drugs may be found on the web page of the University of Maryland Medical Center under the title Anticancer Drugs, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. Any of these drugs can find use with statins in combination as part of a chemotherapeutic treatment. For ...