Inside the membrane, a salty cytoplasm takes up most of the cell volume. All cells possess DNA, the hereditary material of genes, and RNA, containing the information necessary to build various proteins such as enzymes, the cell's primary machinery. There are also other kinds of biomolecules in cells.
Many of these people do well when they are switched to a different variety of statin. Very rarely, statins can cause life-threatening muscle damage called rhabdomyolysis (rab-doe-my-OL-ih-sis). Rhabdomyolysis can cause severe muscle pain, liver damage, kidney failure and death. The risk of very serious side effects is extremely low, and calculated in a few cases per million of patients taking statins.
WELL-KNOWN SIDE EFFECTS: LIVER AND MUSCLE. The side effects that your doctor will be most familiar with are: 1  Liver: Changes in liver function occur in a small fraction of people; your doctor will probably monitor blood tests to check that your liver continues to function well.2  Muscle: Muscle symptoms are common with statin drugs. Please contact us and let us know about your side effects; the more we know, the more we can help others. 2  Some doctors are not familiar with the evidence that statin drugs or cholesterol drugs can cause problems with memory, pain, irritability, or sleep. 3  You may need to educate them, and we are happy to help.