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. 2019 Feb 26;2019:2601537. doi: 10.1155/2019/2601537

Table 1.

Cases of rhabdomyolysis precipitated by sitagliptin-statin drug interaction.

Reference Medications Duration of statin therapy Duration of sitagliptin therapy Peak CK level (U/L) Associated AKI
[4] Atorvastatin 20 mg + sitagliptin 100 mg 1 year 3 weeks 49,875 Yes
[5] Atorvastatin 40 mg + sitagliptin 100 mg Several years 1 week 13,456 No
[6] Simvastatin 80 mg + sitagliptin 100 mg 4 months 3 weeks 22,000 Yes
[7] Lovastatin 40 mg + sitagliptin 100 mg 12 years 19 days 3770 No
[8] Atorvastatin + sitagliptin 5 years 6 months 109,710 No
[9] Atorvastatin 80 mg + sitagliptin N/A N/A 1253 No
Our case Simvastatin 80 mg + sitagliptin 100 mg >10 years 5 days 43,900 Yes

CK: creatine kinase; AKI: acute kidney injury; N/A: not available.