During the last decade, the efficacy of arsenic trioxide in both newly diagnosed and relapsed patients with APL 3 has been established. Arsenic trioxide can be used as a single agent and induces complete remissions with only minimal myelosuppression (1) (2, 3, 4, 5) . In one study (2) (1) .Additional studies conducted in the United States confirmed that low doses of arsenic trioxide can induce complete remission in relapsed APL patients.hite arsenic or arsenic trioxide (As 2 O 3) is produced by heating realgar (10) . Arsenic is rarely found in a pure state; rather, it exists in both trivalent and pentavalent oxidation states as a chemically unstable sulfide or oxide, or as a salt of sodium, potassium, or calcium (11) .
Other side effects of statin use may include: 1  liver damage. 2  memory loss or cognitive impairment. 3  diabetes. muscle damage.
Switch to another statin drug. It's possible, although unlikely, that one particular statin may cause side effects for you while another statin won't. It's thought that simvastatin (Zocor) may be more likely to cause muscle pain as a side effect than other statins when it's taken at high doses. Change your dose. Lowering your dose may reduce some of your side effects, but it may also reduce some of the cholesterol-lowering benefits your medication has.