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Statins Cause Muscle Damage

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Statins drugs, which are medications widely used to lower cholesterol, may cause structural damage to the muscles of people experiencing muscle aches and weakness.

The damage may occur even when tests for a protein thought to signal injury are normal, and may persist even after statin use is halted.

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