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Why can someone with a dysfunctional liver (due to autoimmune disease) not take cholesterol-lowering drugs?
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Filter: The filtering units of the liver are compromised, cholesterol meds are metabolized by liver. Risk increases of having muscle damage as side effect.
Answered 2/11/2014
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