Re: statins/PE ?

In article <1118114065.549428.162510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"elgoog" <bjdefend-newsgroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jason wrote:
> > In article <533pe.5666$R21.5280@lakeread06>, "J. Davidson"
> > <mete245919@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > My husband had been taking zocor and developed a massive pulmonary
embolism.
> > > I am wondering if there Zocor had anything to do with the PE.
> > > Opinions?
> > > Jackie
> >
> > Jackie,
> > It's impossible to know for sure but it's my guess that it may very well
> > have played a role with the PE. You might want to discuss this issue with
> > the doctor and ask him his opinion on the subject. I read an abstract of
> > one medical study that has this title:
> > Rhabdomyolysis induced by a single dose of a statin
> > PMID: 14676266
> >
> > I realize that Rhaddomyolysis is vastly different from PE. However, if one
> > dose of a statin can cause Rhaddomyolysis--other serious problems such as
> > PE could happen to those people that had taken many doses of statins. I am
> > not a doctor and am only guessing.
> > Jason
> >
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> Jason,
> It is improbable that rhabdomyolysis (the break down of muscle fibers
> releasing their contents into the blood stream) is in anyway related to
> a pulmonary embolism. A pulmonary embolism is unlikely to have been
> caused by other than a clot, one of the very things that we are trying
> to avoid through lowering cholesterol is the risk of a blockage.
>
> I know your intent is to be helpful, but supporting non-evidentiary
> suspicions is probably not helpful to anyone.
>
> You are correct in saying that even if zocor were suspected, it is
> impossible to know for sure (and, in this case probably unproductive).
>
> -elgoog

--elgoog,
You may not have read my entire post. I did tell the person to talk to a
doctor about this issue and informed the person that I was only guessing
and also of the fact that I am not a doctor. I also told the person that
Rhad. is vastly different than PE. After I made the post, I did find at
least one medical report related to this issue. The title of the report
is:
Statin myotoxicity is associated with changes in the cardiopulmonary function.
PMID: 15488882
My PDF file does not have the conclusions related to this study.
I hope that you understand that I was trying to help this person which is
why I referred the person to a doctor.
Jason

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