Can't statins cause adverse liver function?? e.g.
albumin
--- Una Gibbons <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Thanks to all those who replied to my query about
> Lithium analysers.
>
> Now another one!
>
> A fifty something female on statins with low total
> protein.
> Lab results were as follows:
>
> Date 10/03 03/06 25/08
> 15/10 22/12
> PROT 58 54 53
> 59 55
> ALB 38 34 33
> 36 33
> Statins --------------No
> statins----Statins
>
> Medication started in March, 2002 and continued
> until August when cholesterol dropped from 8.6
> mmol/L (in March) to 4.1. She then stopped taking
> medication and continued with cholesterol lowering
> diet. Off medication between August and October,
> the total protein went back up to 59 g/L but
> cholesterol also went up to 6.1mmol/L so she started
> taking the statins again and by 22/12 the total
> protein has dropped once again.
>
> Patient also experienced severe muscle pain across
> her back and shoulders suggestive of statin induced
> myositis but CK levels were normal.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Season's greetings to all,
>
> Una Gibbons,
> Royal Hospital,
> Muscat
> Oman
>
>
>
>
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