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Establishing the correlation between statins and cough: case series report and analysis of adverse drug reactions in the international databases.

Authors :
Carnovale, Carla
Pellegrino, Paolo
Perrone, Valentina
Gentili, Marta
Brusadelli, Tatiana
Antoniazzi, Stefania
Speziali, Alessia
Borsadoli, Cecilia
Pozzi, Marco
Clementi, Emilio
Radice, Sonia
Source :
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology; Dec2014, Vol. 70 Issue 12, p1529-1531, 3p, 1 Chart
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

The article reports on research which was conducted to investigate the correlation between statins and cough in the absence of lung injury. Researchers evaluated 905 cases of cough possibly induced by statins. They found that all varieties of statins can indeed induce cough in patients with no apparent lung injury.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00316970
Volume :
70
Issue :
12
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
99347221
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-014-1757-z