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Go over to Groups:  Click on Lipidaholics and read about a case where there was little response to a statin. What might be going on?

TD

There is a lot of anecdotal buzz in lipiology circles that Vitamin D is a cure all for statin-associated myopathy. Well we finally have data from a clinical trial looking at this controversy.  Low serum 25 (OH) vitamin D levels (<32 ng/mL) are associated with reversible myositis-myalgia in statin-treated patients. Ahmed W, et al. Translational Research 2009;153:11–16.

Go over to the groups page, and click on Lipidaholics and then Lipid Geeks to seek a discussion of this study.

Happy Lipiding,  TD