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SAAM may affect people after long-term statin use even if they had no previous muscular side effects. [4] A differentiating feature between this and more benign statin side effects is SAAM typically has a late onset. While muscle pain (myalgia) is seen in 9-20% of patients treated with statins, it typically occurs in the first month of treatment.
Hemlock may cause rhabdomyolysis, either directly or after eating quail that have fed on it. [4] [12] Fungi such as Russula subnigricans and Tricholoma equestre are known to cause rhabdomyolysis. [15] Haff disease is rhabdomyolysis after consuming fish; a toxic cause is suspected but has not been proven. [16]
One of the most common types of drugs that can cause myositis are statins, which are used to lower cholesterol levels. One of the most common side effects of statin therapy is muscle pain [5] which, more rarely, can lead to myositis. [5] Infection - The most common infectious cause of myositis is viral infections, such as the common cold. [4]
As with all statins, there is a concern of rhabdomyolysis, a severe undesired side effect. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has indicated that "it does not appear that the risk [of rhabdomyolysis] is greater with Crestor than with other marketed statins", but has mandated that a warning about this side-effect, as well as a kidney ...
[64] [65] [66] Statin induced rhabdomyolysis, as with other statin associated muscle symptoms, occurs most commonly in the first year of treatment but can occur at any time during treatment. [64] Risk factors for statin induced rhabdomyolysis include older age, renal impairment, high dose statins and use of medications that reduce the breakdown ...
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The strengths of the available cerivastatin medicine ranged from 0.2 - 0.8 mg, resulting in an actual dose of 1.9 - 13.1 μg/kg body weight for which rhabdomyolysis has been reported. [14] Although the mechanism of the cerivastatin induced myopathy is not exactly known, [15] the risk increases with statin dose.
It can often be treated by drugs like corticosteroids or immunosuppressants. Inclusion body myositis is a slowly progressive disease that produces weakness of hand grip and straightening of the knees. No effective treatment is known. (M60.9) Benign acute childhood myositis (M61) Myositis ossificans (M62.89) Rhabdomyolysis and (R82.1) myoglobinurias