Use of statins associated with a 25% increased risk of pancreatitis

This study was published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2015 Aug 24

 

Study title and authors

Use of statins and the risk of acute pancreatitis: a population-based case-control study.

Kuoppala J, Pulkkinen J, Kastarinen H, Kiviniemi V, Jyrkkä J, Enlund H, Happonen P, Paajanen H.

Finnish Medicines Agency, Kuopio, Finland.

 

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26300102

The aim of this research was to examine the association between statin use and the risk of acute pancreatitis. The study included 4,376 patients hospitalized for acute pancreatitis and 19,859 randomly selected age and sex-matched controls.

The study found that statin users had a 25% increased risk of acute pancreatitis compared to nonusers.