Warning over serious statins side effect as health chiefs urge patients taking cholesterol-busting pills to ‘be alert’ to potentially killer complication ...Middle East

Millions of Brits taking cholesterol-busting drugs should be on the lookout for a potentially lethal side effect, health chiefs have warned. Seven types of statins, including all five dished out in the UK, have been linked to myasthenia gravis — a long-term muscle-weakening condition that can be life-threatening in severe cases.  Patients taking the once-a-day pill should watch out for symptoms including droopy eyelids, double vision and difficulty swallowing, the medicines watchdog warned. Atorvastatin, sold under the brand name Lipitor, pravastatin (Lipostat) and lovastatin (Mevacor) — which work by slashing the risk of heart attacks and strokes — are among the varieties of statins affec

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