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Nattanicha Chaisrimaneepan1, Jerapas Thongpiya1, Pitchaporn Yingchoncharoen1
1Department of Internal Medicine Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock Texas USA.
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Statins can commonly cause myopathy. Most of the time, stopping the culprit drug should solve the problem. However, if the drug has been discontinued but muscle weakness continues to worsen, immune-mediated myopathy should be taken into consideration.
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