Case Report
Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Probably Induced by Rosuvastatin Therapy: A Case Report
Table 2
Previously reported cases of statin-induced pancreatitis.
| Author | Patient age/gender | Associated drug/s | Drug rechallenge | Outcome |
| Belaiche et al. 2000 [4] | 63/Male | Atorvastatin | No | Complete recovery | Tysk et al. 2002 [5] | 36/Male | Fluvastatin | Yes: Recurrence | Complete recovery | McDonald et al. 2002 [6] | 70/Male | Simvastatin & Fenofibrate | No | Fatal | Miltiadous et al. 2003 [7] | 60/Male | Salicylate & Atorvastatin | No | Not available | Anagnostopoulos et al. 2003 [8] | 56/Male | Pravastatin | Yes: Recurrence | Complete recovery | Singh et al. 2004 [9] | 77/Female | Atorvastatin & Rosuvastatin | Yes: Recurrence with Rosuvastatin | Complete recovery | Antonopoulos et al. 2005 [10] | 58/Male | Salicylate & Simvastatin | No | Complete recovery | Tsigrelis and Pitchumoni 2006 [11] | 50/Female | Pravastatin | No | Complete recovery | Present case. 2012 | 67/Female | Rosuvastatin | Yes: Recurrence | Complete recovery |
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