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Review

Pharmacogenomics of statins: understanding susceptibility to adverse effects

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Pages 97-106 | Published online: 03 Oct 2016

Figures & data

Table 1 Nongenetic clinical risk factors for statin adverse reactions

Table 2 Recommended dosing of simvastatin based on SLCO1B1 phenotype

Table 3 CYP3A-inhibiting medications

Table 4 Select transport and metabolism proteins by statin type

Figure 1 Representation of the superset of all genes involved in the transport, metabolism and clearance of statin class drugs. ©PharmGKB.37 (Reproduced with permission from the Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base [PharmGKB] and Stanford University, https://www.pharmgkb.org/pathway/PA145011108)Citation71, Whirl-Carrillo M, McDonagh EM, Hebert JM, et al. Pharmacogenomics knowledge for personalized medicine. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012;92(4):414–417. *Active and inactive metabolites are terms generalized to the medication class and may not be applicable to individual statin types.

Figure 1 Representation of the superset of all genes involved in the transport, metabolism and clearance of statin class drugs. ©PharmGKB.37 (Reproduced with permission from the Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base [PharmGKB] and Stanford University, https://www.pharmgkb.org/pathway/PA145011108)Citation71, Whirl-Carrillo M, McDonagh EM, Hebert JM, et al. Pharmacogenomics knowledge for personalized medicine. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012;92(4):414–417. *Active and inactive metabolites are terms generalized to the medication class and may not be applicable to individual statin types.