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Potential implications of six American Indian patients with myopathy, statin exposure and anti-HMGCR antibodies
ConclusionProviders serving American Indians need to be aware of the possibility of statin-associated autoimmune myopathy and familiar with its presentation. Larger, inclusive, population-based investigations are needed to elucidate risk factors for this condition, in particular the potential interactions between predisposing HLA alleles, diabetes and specific statin exposures. This is necessary to identify effective and safe lipid-lowering medications.
Source: Rheumatology - August 13, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research

A Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo ‐Controlled Trial of Atorvastatin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
ConclusionAtorvastatin 40 mg daily is safe and results in a significantly greater reduction of LDL cholesterol level than placebo in patients with RA. The 34% CVE risk reduction is consistent with the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists ’ Collaboration meta‐analysis of statin effects in other populations.
Source: Arthritis and Rheumatology - July 21, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: George D. Kitas, Peter Nightingale, Jane Armitage, Naveed Sattar, Jill J. F. Belch, Deborah P. M. Symmons, on behalf of the TRACE RA Consortium, George Kitas, Jill Belch, Deborah Symmons, Hawys Williams, Shobna Vasishta, Rebecca Storey, Pete Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Trial of atorvastatin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (TRACE RA): A multicenter, randomized, placebo controlled trial
ConclusionAtorvastatin 40mg daily was safe and resulted in significantly greater reduction of LDLc than placebo in patients with RA. The 40% (adjusted) CVE risk reduction is consistent with the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists ’ Collaboration meta‐analysis of statin effects in other populations.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Arthritis and Rheumatology - April 14, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: George D. Kitas, Peter Nightingale, Jane Armitage, Naveed Sattar, Jill J.F. Belch, Deborah P.M. Symmons, The TRACE RA consortium, George Kitas, Jill Belch, Deborah Symmons, Hawys Williams, Shobna Vasishta, Rebecca Storey, Peter Nightingale, Tags: Full Length Source Type: research

Safety of statin drugs in patients with dyslipidemia and stable systemic autoimmune myopathies
AbstractRecent studies have shown a high prevalence of dyslipidemia in patients with systemic autoimmune myopathies (SAM). However, little is known about the safety of the use of statins in these patients, and this gap in research motivated the accomplishment of the present study. In a retrospective cohort study conducted from 2004 to 2018, 250 patients with SAM were evaluated, and 24 patients had stable forms of SAM (16 dermatomyositis, 1 polymyositis and 7 antisynthetase syndrome) but had dyslipidemia and had received statins. Patients with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis, immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, derm...
Source: Rheumatology International - December 5, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research