Zocor side-effects
The condition may in turn develop if the treatment with Zocor is continued into rhabdomyolysis – a severe life threatening condition.
Although muscle pain and weakness, called myopathy, is a known side effect of all cholesterol-lowering drugs classified as statins, such as Zocor, the FDA said that people taking the 80 milligram dose face an especially high risk of developing muscle problems, including rhabdomyolysis, the most serious form of myopathy, which can lead to kidney damage, kidney failure and even death.
Reacting to the warning, Dr. Gregg Fonarow, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, said that patients shouldn’t lose sight of the benefits of statin use.
“Statins, including Zocor, have been shown to lower the risk of heart attack, strokes and premature cardiovascular deaths, and in most patients the benefits of statin treatment greatly outweigh the risks,” he said.
As mentioned above all of the drugs currently on the market which belong to the statin class may cause muscle related side-effects. The doses of Zocor of 10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg have the same adverse effect profile, however the 80 mg dosage of the preparation when used has shown increased risk of muscle injury, especially in patients who use other drugs which interact with Zocor.
Full article: Do the benefits of Zocor out-weight his side-effects?
