Atorvastatin, which is one of the most commonly prescribed statins, is widely associated with side effects such as headaches, feeling sick, diarrhoea, and cold-like symptoms.
Elsewhere in the paper, the team noted: “Results from logistic regression indicated that the ocular problems formed a greater proportion of the adverse events for subjects taking atorvastatin.”
READ RELATED: Covid: The surprising activity that makes you ‘twice’ as likely to catch coronavirus
It comes as a group of health experts have set out to recommend ways to improve adherence to the potentially life-saving drug.
Writing in the journal Cachexia, Carcopenia and Muscle, a team of scientists recently pointed out: “There is an enormous worldwide problem with diagnosing statin intolerance correctly.
Source: Daily Express
