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Help My Hurt

March 27th, 2008

Do you have tendonitis? Do you take statins for cholesterol?

Tendonitis and medications for cholesterol may seem to have no connection at all, but there have been reports of patients taking statins to lower their cholesterol and experiencing tendonitis (inflammation and irritation of the tendon) and even ruptured tendons.
According to a press release, “researchers identified 96 cases of tendon complications from the French Pharmacovigilance database […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 4 comments