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Posted: **Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:39 am**

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i7U4 ... AD92E92BG0
FDA: Some cholesterol and heart drugs don't mix

Patients taking some common medications for high cholesterol and irregular heart beats can suffer severe muscle damage because of a problem in the way the drugs interact, the government warned on Friday.

Another bad day for cardiology and a field day for lawyers...

Posted: **Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:58 am**

The incomprehensible thing to me is that evidently most people don't make this connection: Statins cause muscle destruction and weakness and the HEART IS A MUSCLE!

Posted: **Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:28 am**

C'mon Ralph, every cardiologist knows that there's a difference between the heart muscle and the calf muscle!

Posted: **Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:46 pm**

C'mon Ralph, every cardiologist knows that there's a difference between the heart muscle and the calf muscle!

Yeah, they know the basics. When it comes to drugs, they stop "knowing."

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