Abstracts tagged "myopathy and statins"

Abstract Number: 1013 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Risk of Colchicine Associated Myopathy in Gout: Influence of Concomitant Use of Statin
Oh Chan Kwon¹, Byeongzu Ghang², Seokchan Hong³, Yong-Gil Kim⁴, Chang-Keun Lee³ and Bin Yoo⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Univerisy of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan Collage of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: To investigate the risk of concomitant use of statin on the development of myopathy in gout patients who received colchicine. Methods: We included patients…