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65 year old male, serum cpk is above 5000u/l. how to safe the blood from cpk ? any recommended drug for lower the cpk the patient also have a stroke
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Medicine related: Is he on statin ? If he is on statin, likely the CPK is induced by /related to statin- then he should go to see his md and see if he can get other medication for instance.
Answered 6/10/2014
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