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  2. Rosuvastatin - Wikipedia

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    Common side effects include abdominal pain, nausea, headaches, and muscle pains. [6] Serious side effects may include rhabdomyolysis, liver problems, and diabetes. [6] Use during pregnancy may harm the baby. [6] Like all statins, rosuvastatin works by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase, an enzyme found in the liver that plays a role in producing ...

  3. Myalgia - Wikipedia

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    Myalgia or muscle pain is a painful sensation evolving from muscle tissue.It is a symptom of many diseases.The most common cause of acute myalgia is the overuse of a muscle or group of muscles; another likely cause is viral infection, especially when there has been no injury.

  4. Statin - Wikipedia

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    The most important adverse side effects are muscle problems, an increased risk of diabetes mellitus, and increased liver enzymes in the blood due to liver damage. [ 5 ] [ 65 ] Over 5 years of treatment statins result in 75 cases of diabetes, 7.5 cases of bleeding stroke , and 5 cases of muscle damage per 10,000 people treated. [ 34 ]

  5. Ezetimibe - Wikipedia

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    Serious side effects may include anaphylaxis, liver problems, depression, and muscle breakdown. [4] [5] Use in pregnancy and breastfeeding is of unclear safety. [10] Ezetimibe works by decreasing cholesterol absorption in the intestines. [5] Ezetimibe was approved for medical use in the United States in 2002. [4] It is available as a generic ...

  6. Inclusion body myositis - Wikipedia

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    Inclusion body myositis (IBM) (/ m aɪ oʊ ˈ s aɪ t ɪ s /) (sometimes called sporadic inclusion body myositis, sIBM) is the most common inflammatory muscle disease in older adults. [2] The disease is characterized by slowly progressive weakness and wasting of both proximal muscles (located on or close to the torso ) and distal muscles (close ...

  7. Muscle relaxant - Wikipedia

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    While the body adjusts to this medication, it is possible for patients to experience dry mouth, fatigue, lightheadedness, constipation or blurred vision. Some serious but unlikely side effects may be experienced, including mental or mood changes, possible confusion and hallucinations, and difficulty urinating.

  8. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    continuation of depressor anguli oris muscles other side of depressor anguli oris muscles facial artery: facial nerve [CNVII], mandibular branch or buccal branch depresses angle of mouth (frown) levator anguli oris: 0.6 [3] 1 levator labii superioris: head, mouth (left/right) medial part of infra-orbital margin of maxilla

  9. Complex regional pain syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS type 1 and type 2), sometimes referred to by the hyponyms reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) or reflex neurovascular dystrophy (RND), is a rare and severe form of neuroinflammatory and dysautonomic disorder causing chronic pain, neurovascular, and neuropathic symptoms.