By PPN News Staff
Patients who take statins to lower their blood cholesterol levels often complain about muscle problems, typically muscle pain. But why this occurs is still largely unresolved.
In a recent study, Alexandra K. Kiemer, PhD, a professor of pharmaceutical biology, and Jessica Hoppstädter, from Saarland University, in Saarbrücken, Germany, identified a potential causal relationship. According to the results of their work, statins cause enhanced production of a protein called