FDA: Some cholesterol and heart drugs don't mix

[ofonorow]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i7U4 ... AD92E92BG0
FDA: Some cholesterol and heart drugs don't mix

Patients taking some common medications for high cholesterol and irregular heart beats can suffer severe muscle damage because of a problem in the way the drugs interact, the government warned on Friday.

Another bad day for cardiology and a field day for lawyers...

[Ralph Lotz]

The incomprehensible thing to me is that evidently most people don't make this connection: Statins cause muscle destruction and weakness and the HEART IS A MUSCLE!

[Dolev]

C'mon Ralph, every cardiologist knows that there's a difference between the heart muscle and the calf muscle!

[J.Lilinoe]

C'mon Ralph, every cardiologist knows that there's a difference between the heart muscle and the calf muscle!

Yeah, they know the basics. When it comes to drugs, they stop "knowing."