Rhabdomyolysis is an uncommon but life-threatening adverse effect of simvastatin therapy. A 73-year-old male on chronic simvastatin therapy received azithromycin for acute bronchitis. He presented with weakness of all extremities with a significant increase in creatinine phosphokinase levels and acute kidney injury. Simvastatin was stopped and supportive therapy with intravenous saline and bica...

where ATP = adenosine triphosphate and ADP= adenosine diphosphate. The substances most commonly determined have been creatine or creatine phosphate; e.g. Banga (1943), Askonas (1951), Narayanaswami (1952), Ennor & Rosenberg (1954), Kuby, Noda & Lardy (1954) and Chappell & Perry (1954). These methods may not always be convenient for the determination of creatine phosphokinase activity in tissue ...

Myxedematous psychosis was first described in 1979 by Pr Asher, it is a rare diagnosis associating an acute psychosis, rhabdomyolysis whose etiology hypothyroidism. We report the case of 32-year-old patient followed for 6 years schizophrenia, who had not any treatment 3 years, and admitted with psychotic attack consisting delusions persecution. The examination revealed oedematose syndrome, deep...

Еhe anabolic properties of a new composition leuzea and cranberry meal extracts in ratio 7:50, containing ecdisten ursolic acid, respectively, have been investigates on model isolated overload the skeletal muscle rats leg by method excision. Material methods. The experiment was conducted Wistar stock both sexes weighing 220–250 g. At beginning experiment, all animals underwent musculus gastrocn...

Schanzel H., E. Hegerova, B. Koudela, V. Lohr: Activity of Creatine-Phosphokinase in the Course of Experimental Trichinellosis. Acta vet. Brno, 47, 1978: 91-95. Activity of serum cteatine-phosphokinase has been determined at different intervals after experimental infestation of mice and guinea pigs by larvae of Trichinella spiralis. Blood samples were treated by Bio-La-test kreatinkinaza Lachem...