By Adam Voiland Most people who take statins suffer no side effects from the cholesterol-lowering drugs. A small but significant number, however,

By Nathan Seppa Cholesterol-reducing drugs called statins do their job with remarkable efficiency, but in rare individuals they can cause a painful muscle

By Gene Emery BOSTON (Reuters) - British researchers have located a gene responsible for muscle pain or weakness experienced by some people taking statin drugs to fight "bad" cholesterol, they reported on Wednesday.
The discovery could lead to routine testing to identify patients who should be given a different class of drug, or those who should be kept on a lower dose.
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Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world.
In rare cases, statins can cause muscle pain and weakness. Researchers have identified a genetic variation that seems to predict more than half of these cases. People on statins who have the variant were about five to 17 times more likely to develop muscle problems, a serious side effect that can lead to muscle breakdown, kidney failure and death.
-authored the study published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.

by Angela Stewart /The Star-Ledger The weakness and muscle pain experienced by some people who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins is for the