Mild to Moderate Muscular Symptoms with High-Dosage Statin Therapy in Hyperlipidemic Patients —The PRIMO Study

@article{Bruckert2005MildTM,
  title={Mild to Moderate Muscular Symptoms with High-Dosage Statin Therapy in Hyperlipidemic Patients —The PRIMO Study},
  author={Eric Bruckert and Gilles Hayem and Sylvie Dejager and Caroline Yau and Bernard B{\'e}gaud},
  journal={Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy},
  year={2005},
  volume={19},
  pages={403-414}
}
SummaryObjectives: To characterize the risk factors, rate of occurrence, onset, nature and impact of mild to moderate muscular symptoms with high-dosage HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) therapy in general practice.Methods: The Prédiction du Risque Musculaire en Observationnel (Prediction of Muscular Risk in Observational conditions, PRIMO) survey was an observational study of muscular symptoms in an unselected population of 7924 hyperlipidemic patients receiving high-dosage statin therapy… 
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