Incidence of muscle symptoms in placebo arm among statin-intolerant patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis

CONCLUSION: In patients previously labeled as statin-intolerant, about a fifth of the patients exhibited muscle symptoms when receiving a placebo. This highlights the importance of ruling out non-statin-related symptoms to further optimize statin therapy for cardiovascular risk improvement.PMID:37916684 | DOI:10.1080/14779072.2023.2274502
Source: Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research