[High doses statins administration causing rhabdomyolysis: case report]

Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol. 2005 Aug;49(4):604-9. doi: 10.1590/s0004-27302005000400021. Epub 2005 Oct 19.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Rhabdomyolysis has been the theme in medical literature for the last fifty years. In these last decades, with statins being used in primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention events, this theme returns and statins are now pointed as the trigger to this almost always fatal complication. Rhabdomyolysis due to statins administration occurs mainly in association with other drugs. Our case reports on a patient with fatal statin-induced rhabdomyolysis whose medical history included diffuse atherosclerotic disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / chemically induced*
  • Aged
  • Arteriosclerosis / drug therapy
  • Drug Interactions
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Rhabdomyolysis / chemically induced*
  • Simvastatin / adverse effects*
  • Simvastatin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Simvastatin