This study was published in the Eastern Mediterranean health Journal 2011 May;17(5):460-4.
Study title and authors:
Patients' report of statins use and side-effects in a sample of hospitalized cardiac patients in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Study title and authors:
Patients' report of statins use and side-effects in a sample of hospitalized cardiac patients in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mashayekhi SO, Ghandforoush-Sattari M, Baghdadchi ME, Kheyri M.
National Public Health Management Centre, Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran. mashayekhis@yahoo.co.uk
This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21796961
The aim of the study was to ascertain the prevalence of the side-effects of statins among patients admitted to a cardiac-specialized hospital who had taken statins prior to hospitalization.
Data was collected on 200 patients, average age 61.5 years of which 63% were males.
The study found that 63.5% of patients reported experiencing side-effects due to statins.
National Public Health Management Centre, Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran. mashayekhis@yahoo.co.uk
This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21796961
The aim of the study was to ascertain the prevalence of the side-effects of statins among patients admitted to a cardiac-specialized hospital who had taken statins prior to hospitalization.
Data was collected on 200 patients, average age 61.5 years of which 63% were males.
The study found that 63.5% of patients reported experiencing side-effects due to statins.
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