A 75-year-old male is now 7-month post anterior myocardial infarction. He had successful proximal LAD drug eluting stent, currently on Aspirin and Ticagrelor. He is awaiting total hip joint replacement, and the orthopaedic surgeon would like to know whether he could stop his anti-platelets.
Read moreVitamin D and stain myalgia
55M IHD with prior stents; prior myalgia with Simvastatin and Atorvastatin; but yet still more myalgia with Pravastatin. The treating physician decided to check his vitamin D level and his coenzyme Q10 level.
Which one, vitamin D level or coenzyme Q10 level, is relevant in statin myalgia?
Read moreStatin Intolerance - the 2015 Approach
Scenario = 55M IHD with stents, trialed simvastatin, atorvastatin and pravastatin, all causing myalgia, without CK rise
Question = what to do?
Read more