Acute cholestatic hepatitis caused by simvastatine in a 67-year-old patient
Lata, Sław.; Chudy, B.
Przeglad lekarski 63 Suppl. 7: 97-98
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2240 PMID: 17806197 Document Number: 598915
The following work presents the case of undesired during side effect (toxic hepatocellular damage ) by Simvastatine (Cardin). The main syptoms were jaundice and pruritus. Conclusions draw the attention to the role of history taking in the diagnosis of the described disease, as well as the importance of regular patient checkups whoin those use statines.