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1Medical and Clinical Pharmacology, Toulouse, France.
Abstract:
Rhabdomyolysis is a serious adverse drug reaction of statins. There are few studies comparing the risk of rhabdomyolysis between the different statins. Using the WHO pharmacovigilance database, VigiBase®, we compared the risk of rhabdomyolysis reporting of seven statins (atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin and simvastatin, with cerivastatin excluded). All reports of rhabdomyolysis in VigiBase® in adults with statins until 31 December 2022 were included. Results are expressed as reporting odds ratio (ROR, 95% CI). Among 10 657 reports with rhabdomyolysis with statins, simvastatin was the highest risk statin in comparison with others: ROR = 2.20 (2.11-2.29). The risk was higher in men, older than 74 years and in cases of drug interactions.
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