China						                            
                            
						
 Case Report
												Myositis and Liver Dysfunction due to Concomitant Therapy of Simvastatin
and Itraconazole 						
Author(s): Qiu-Ting  Dong, Yuan-Lin  Guo, Na-Qiong  Wu, Yi-Da  Tang, Li-Xin  Jiang and Jian-Jun  LiQiu-Ting  Dong, Yuan-Lin  Guo, Na-Qiong  Wu, Yi-Da  Tang, Li-Xin  Jiang and Jian-Jun  Li             
						
												
				 Simvastatin as an effective cholesterol-lowering medication is widely prescribed to treat cardiovascular diseases. Despite definite safety and efficacy, myopathy and liver dysfunction are the common adverse effects of simvastatin. Little information is available regarding the symptom starting and recovery period for a patient undergoing the side effect. We present here a 65-year-old male patient with both liver dysfunction and myositis due to the concomitant use of itraconazole 400 mg and simvastatin 40 mg daily.
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												DOI:
												 10.4172/2165-7920.1000247 
																	  
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