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Bezafibrate induced rhabdomyolysis.
The case is presented of a 70 year old woman with mild hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension who was readmitted to hospital six months after a previous admission for angina pectoris. The patient was treated with verapamil, nifedipine, and aspirin, and had been receiving bezafibrate (400 mg every 12 hours) for the previous 40 days. Twenty four hours after admission she developed podagra, which ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-3859
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.41813