Rubraca is a prescription medicine used to treat people with advanced ovarian cancer who: have certain âBRCAâ gene mutations, either inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic), and. have received previous treatment with 2 or more prior chemotherapy medicines for their cancer.
Consider statins a lifelong commitment. You may think that once your cholesterol goes down, you can stop taking medication. But if your cholesterol levels have decreased after you take a statin, you'll likely need to stay on it indefinitely.If you stop taking it, your cholesterol levels will probably go back up.are but potentially serious side effects. 1  Muscle problems. 2  Statins may cause muscle pain and tenderness, particularly if you're taking a high dosage. 3  In severe cases, muscle cells can break down (rhabdomyolysis) and release a protein called myoglobin into the bloodstream.
Regardless of the CK level, if the pain is severe, the statin should be stopped until all the symptoms resolve. Once this occurs, the same statin could be started at the same dose to see if symptoms recur or started at a lower dose. Alternatively, a different statin can be tried.