Special Issue "Current and Emerging Uses of Statins in Clinical Therapeutics"
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2019) | Viewed by 36564
Special Issue Editor
2. Clinical Research Centre, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Interests: exercise training; mitochondria; skeletal muscle; humans
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Statins are one of the most sold drugs worldwide. Atherosclerosis is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and statin therapy is used in the prevention of CVD. Statins are usually well tolerated, but some adverse effects are seen. One of the most common adverse-effects is muscle pain ranging from myalgia to rhabdomyolysis. In 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added to the safety labels of statins that a potential increased risk of elevated blood glucose concentrations and a new-onset of diabetes were observed with statin treatment. The mechanisms behind these adverse effects are unknown.
This Special Issue from Journal of Clinical Medicine will focus on the use of statins clinical therapeutics and the adverse effects seen with statin treatment.
Dr. Steen Larsen
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Clinical Medicine is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- Statin
- Skeletal muscle
- Glucose tolerance
- Myalgia