How do you counsel patients with non-statin associated inflammatory myopathies about statin use?
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Rheumatology · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Patients with non-HMGCR-associated myositis could try statins, keeping in mind that they could develop statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS). Therefore, would start with fluvastatin/pravastatin/pitavastatin (that are less likely to cause SAMS) at a low dose and slowly escalate if there are no sid...