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High potency statins increase risk of acute kidney injury (slightly). |
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EurekAlert: High potency statin users were 34% more likely to be hospitalised for AKI compared with low potency statin users in the first 120 days of treatment. Rates were not significantly increased in patients with CKD. This risk seemed to remain elevated for two years after initiation. The researchers estimate that 1,700 non-CKD patients need to be treated with a high potency statin instead of a low potency statin in order to cause one additional hospitalisation for AKI. They do say, however, that further studies are needed to determine the link between statins and kidney injury.
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