Annals of internal medicine
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Case Reports Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Statin-associated myopathy with normal creatine kinase levels.
Muscle symptoms in patients who are treated with statins and have normal creatine kinase levels are not well understood. ⋯ Some patients who develop muscle symptoms while receiving statin therapy have demonstrable weakness and histopathologic findings of myopathy despite normal serum creatine kinase levels.