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Case Reports
. 2010 Jul;103(7):676-8.
doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181e170f5.

Rosuvastatin-induced thrombocytopenia

Ioannis Vrettos  1 , Sotiris Papageorgiou, Christina Economopoulou, Vasiliki Pappa, Panagiotis Tsirigotis, Nikolaos Tountas, Theofanis Economopoulos, John Dervenoulas
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Rosuvastatin-induced thrombocytopenia

Ioannis Vrettos et al. South Med J. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

Rosuvastatin, a statin indicated for patients with primary hypercholesterolemia, mixed dyslipidemia and familial hypercholesterolemia, is well tolerated by most patients. Its most common adverse effects are gastrointestinal derangement, muscle aches and hepatitis. One rare complication of statin treatment is severe thrombocytopenia. The case of a 65-year-old patient who developed severe thrombocytopenia while on rosuvastatin is presented, in addition to a review of the literature.

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  • Imperfect pharmacovigilance.
    Lakhani A. Lakhani A. South Med J. 2010 Jul;103(7):602-3. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181e24d18. South Med J. 2010. PMID: 20531042 No abstract available.

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