Elsevier

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volume 94, Issue 12, December 2019, Pages 2546-2550
Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Residents' clinic
76-Year-Old Woman With Generalized Weakness

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Lipid-lowering agents are used extensively in the primary care setting as primary prevention for cardiovascular disease.10 Nearly 40 million individuals in America older than age 40 were prescribed statins between the years 2012 and 2013, an approximate 80% increase of usage in just 10 years’ time.10 Although the vast majority of patients tolerate statin therapy well, nearly 1 in 10,000 will experience some type of myalgia, myopathy, or elevated CK.5 However, most of these adverse events will

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