Polymyositis associated with simvastatin

Lancet. 1997 May 31;349(9065):1600-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)61628-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Hypercholesterolemia / drug therapy
  • Lovastatin / adverse effects
  • Lovastatin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Male
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Polymyositis / chemically induced*
  • Polymyositis / drug therapy
  • Polymyositis / immunology
  • Simvastatin

Substances

  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Lovastatin
  • Simvastatin
  • Methylprednisolone