Statin medications, such as Crestor, Lipitor, and other lipid-lowering medications, have been prescribed increasingly in recent years to reduce cardiovascular disease and mortality in high risk ...

History gathering should solicit the patient’s abilities or limitations with these activities of daily living (ADLs). The patient may have mild arthralgias. Lungs are the most common extra muscular ...

Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy typically presents with progressive symmetrical proximal muscle weakness and myalgias, although some cases can present with respiratory and esophageal muscle ...

What causes muscle fibre necrosis in necrotizing myopathy? The authors of a new study propose that specific autoantibodies contribute to disease via immune-mediated processes; but given that these ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although lipid-lowering medications are generally well tolerated, rare complications can include ...

Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy with antibodies against the enzyme targeted by statins, HMG-CoA reductase, was found in a woman with no history of using a statin or taking red yeast rice ...

Initially, the team attributed the muscle weakness to either HIV or drug-mediated myopathy but a muscle biopsy later revealed atrophy of type II fibers without necrosis or inflammation. A case ...

Swallowing food was strangely difficult, and he was getting weaker by the day. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. “You have to take your husband to the hospital right now,” the doctor urged over the phone. “His ...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a surgical diagnosis characterized by friability of the superficial fascia, dishwater-gray exudate, and a notable absence of pus. This and other necrotizing soft-tissue ...

Malignancies may initially present with muscle weakness and elevated muscle enzymes. Age and gender-specific cancer screening should be completed or updated in those with a myopathic process. 9,10 ...