BusinessWeek: Are statins really safe?

Release Date: September 18, 2009 This content is archived.

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An article in BusinessWeek about a letter sent by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to the Food & Drug Administration questioning whether the agency has sufficiently considered potential problems caused by cholesterol-lowering drugs quotes Georgirene Vladutiu, professor of pediatrics, neurology and pathology and anatomical sciences, described patients who are wheelchair-bound from muscle weakness and pain five years after they have stopped taking statins.

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