Doctor Warrick
Welcome to Dr. Warrick's Podcast Channel. Warrick is a practicing cardiologist and author with a passion for improving care by helping patients understand their heart health through education work believes educated patients get the best health care to discover and understand the latest approaches and technology in heart care and how this might apply to you or someone you love.
Hi, my name is Dr Warrick Bishop and a cardiologist. Welcome to Healthy Heart Minute. And I'd like to talk about statin intolerance. This means that people are having trouble taking a tablet that they've been given for lowering cholesterol. Statin intolerance has a broad spectrum. People describe all sorts of bits and pieces and symptoms on a scale. At one end, there really is a catastrophic what we call rhabdomyolysis, meaning a meltdown of the muscles. This occurs very infrequently at a rate of about one in 70 to 80 thousand people. It does occur. It is a medical emergency and we do need to be aware of it. But only a small portion of people ever see that dramatic effect. At the other end, we see people with all sorts of aches and pains, generally, statin-related aches and pains affect the large muscle groups around the hips, in particular, maybe less so around the shoulders and the back. It's a complicated area and dealing with it for patients and finding the best way forward is a challenge for the patient and the doctor together.
I've done a podcast on the very topic. The link to that is below. So, if you'd like to learn a little bit more about statin intolerance, please have a listen. Till next time. I wish you the very best. Take care and look after your health and please don't die from a heart attack. Goodbye.
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