Statin Intolerance Clinical Guide 2018

Abstract

prevalence among Japanese individuals, and to prepare clinical guide of its management. Major concerns to diminish statin adherence are reported to be related to muscle symptom, hepatotoxicity, and glucose metabolism. Therefore, this working group was organized encompassing investigators not only lipidologists, but also neurologists, hepatologists, diabetologists, and pharmacologists, and all available data obtained in Japanese population, published in the literature or provided as post-marketing survey reports by pharmaceutical companies, regarding these concerns were enrolled for subsequent analysis.