“…In the context of either a persistently elevated CK or an abnormal neurologic exam consideration should be given to a growing list of neuromuscular disorders attributed to statin therapy. 58,94,[115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129] Included in this list are the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies [i.e., overlap myositis (personal observation), polymyositis, 125 dermatomyositis, 123,[126][127][128] and inclusion body myositis 124 ], myasthenia gravis, 117,118 mitochondrial myopathy, 58,94,130 McArdle disease, 121,122,130 acid maltase deficiency, 129 carnitine-palmitoyl transferase deficiency, 120 rippling muscle disease (RMD), 115 malignant hyperthermia (MH), 116,119 myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), 130 Kennedy disease, 130 and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 131 For genetically-based muscle disorders statins are believed to trigger myogenic symptoms more readily than in normal muscle.…”