Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi (Oct 2014)

Can atorvastatin calcium cause asymptomatic hypercalcemia?

  • Suleyman Hilmi Ipekci,
  • Suleyman Baldane,
  • Mehmet Sozen,
  • Levent Kebapcilar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2014.05995
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 7
pp. 662 – 666

Abstract

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The use of statins may have unnatural effects. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with an incidental finding of hypercalcemia (10.8 mg/dL). There was no disease other than hyperlipidemia, and the patient had been on a course of atorvastatin calcium 10 mg for 1.5 years. A workup investigation to diagnose the cause of hypercalcemia was completed. The investigation did not reveal any pathological diseases that may have caused the hypercalcemia. The hypercalcemia resolved after atorvastatin- calcium was stopped, and the patient developed hypercalcemia shortly after the initiation of the atorvastatin calcium. Here, we report a clinical case of recurrent hypercalcemia possibly induced by atorvastatin calcium administration.

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