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. 2012 Aug 22;7(8):e42866. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042866

Table 1. Adverse Event Categories.

Myalgia (AEs searched: “myalgia”. 23,133 total cases* in AERS.)
Drug Name Primary AEs All AEs PR Primary AEs/PR All AEs/PR Ranked Risk (Primary) Ranked Risk (All)
Rosuvastatin 1,641 2,019 0.2901 5,657 6,959 100 100
Fluvastatin 103 184 0.0265 3,887 6,943 69 100
Atorvastatin 2,751 3,667 0.8604 3,197 4,262 57 61
Pravastatin 257 541 0.2275 1,130 2,378 20 34
Simvastatin 1,003 1,827 1 1,003 1,827 18 26
Lovastatin 67 189 0.2153 311 878 5 13

AERS – Adverse Events Reporting System; AEs – Adverse Events; PR – Prescribing Ratio.

*

“total cases” for each item refers to the number of cases found in the AERS database using the respective search term.