Statins implicated in pancreatitis

This post includes a summary of a paper Published in Praxis (Bern 1994) 2006 Jan 25;95(4):111-6 and a recipe for poached cod.

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Study title and authors:

Recurrent acute pancreatitis during pravastatin-therapy
Becker C, Hvalic C, Delmore G, Krähenbühl S, Schlienger R.
Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universitätsspital Basel. beckerc@uhbs.ch

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16485606
 
Becker identifies that all statin drugs have been implicated in pancreatitis and gives an example of a 60 year old male who twice developed acute pancreatitis while being treated with pravastatin.

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