Patients Who Develop Muscle Pain and Weakness When Taking Lipid

question 9

Multiple Choice

Patients who develop muscle pain and weakness when taking lipid lowering drugs such as atorvastatin (Lipitor) and simvastatin (Zocor)

• A) should continue on the lipid lowering drugs because these muscle symptoms are usually not severe
• B) should continue on the lipid lowering drugs but resolve the muscle pain through strenuous resistance exercises
• C) should continue on the lipid lowering drugs but take an analgesic such as aspirin to control the pain
• D) should be removed immediately from the drug because these symptoms may represent potentially serious myopathies
• E) these drugs are not associated with muscle pain or weakness

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