title: Acute Onset Significant Muscle Weakness in a Patient Awaiting Liver Transplantation: Look for Statins.
abstract: Statins are commonly used drugs in patients with liver and cardiac disease. Statin-induced severe myopathy is a very uncommon presentation and rhabdomyolysis may occur in extreme cases which leads to renal failure. Patients with comorbidities like diabetes, hypothyroidism, and liver disease have higher chances of development of statin-induced myopathy. We describe a case of Child's C cirrhosis wherein the patient had acute onset significant muscle weakness and improved on statin discontinuation.
authors.affiliation: Medanta Liver Institute, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, Delhi (NCR), India.
authors.forename: Narendra S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.affiliation: Medanta Liver Institute, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, Delhi (NCR), India.
authors.forename: Sanjiv
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saigal
authors.affiliation: Medanta Liver Institute, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, Delhi (NCR), India.
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saraf
authors.affiliation: Medanta Liver Institute, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, Delhi (NCR), India.
authors.forename: Arvinder S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Soin
keywords: CK, creatine kinase; EMG, electromyography; TSH, thyroid function test; cirrhosis; muscle; myopathy; statin