Had a guy admitted the other day with a ck of >26,000. :imbar HX. htn, and hyperlipidemia. took bp pill and zocor. He just started the zocor 2 months ago. (remember Baychol?) Anyway, he had just started an excersize regimen the previous day. Trainer decided he should start (start!) with 2 hours per day. The day of admission, he had just completed 1/2 hr of cardio workout, and was laying on the mat doing situps when he had a "near syncope" episode. (Dizzy, lightheaded, nausea). Brought to our ER by ambo. I asked the doc why he thought the CK would be so high? LFT's were elevated, CK-MB was 4.something. Trop was negative. Guy had absolutely no S/S whatsoever. Then I remembered baychol. Or baycol. Whatever. (nice pens). Looked it up on the internet, and found that any of the statins can cause rhabdo. Told the doc. pat self on back. :)
Any others with CK's like this? with statins still on the market? I mean, the exercise might have contributed, but 2 days worth? Guy was mid 50's and weighted 243#.
