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SUBMITTER: Peters BJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2808736 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peters Bas Jm BJ Klungel Olaf H OH Visseren Frank L FL de Boer Anthonius A Maitland-van der Zee Anke-Hilse AH
Genome medicine 20091229 12
Although statins are generally well tolerated, the most common adverse drug reaction from statin therapy is myopathy. This article reviews the current pharmacogenomic knowledge of statin-induced myopathy. Furthermore, we will discuss the importance of recent pharmacogenetic advances for the treatment and management of statin-induced myopathy. Variation in the SLCO1B1 gene is associated with increased incidence of statin-induced myopathy, particularly with simvastatin and less so with other stati ...[more]