Posted by sam123 on September 9, 2007, at 19:41:49
In reply to Statins: which cause least muscle pain?, posted by Cecilia on September 9, 2007, at 3:52:25
Have you had the blood test that measures creatine phosphokinase (CPK) ? What were the results ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statin:
All commonly used statins show somewhat similar results, however the newer statins, characterized by longer pharmacological half-lives and more cellular specificity, have had a better ratio of efficacy to lower adverse effect rates.The risk of myopathy is lowest with pravastatin and fluvastatin probably because they are more hydrophillic and as a result have less muscle penetration.
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