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  • Subjects Needed: Cholesterol Meds & Muscle Pains

    Have you experienced muscle pain while being treated for high cholesterol?

     

    Investigators from the Kinesiology Department at University of Connecticut and the Preventive Cardiology Department at Hartford Hospital are examining how common cholesterol-lowering medications affect muscles.

                           

    To participate you must:

    • Be at least 40 years old
    • Currently be or have been treated with a statin and had muscle

    symptoms

    6 month study involvement requires:

    • Treatment with an FDA-approved cholesterol lowering
    • medication OR placebo
    • Visits for:
    1. Muscle oxygen measurement
    2. Blood samples
    3. Questionnaire completion
    • Weekly phone follow-ups

    Participants will receive:

    • Financial compensation up to $200

    For more information, please call: Robert at (860) 304-8469

     

    This protocol has been approved by the Hartford Healthcare IRB and permission to recruit at

    UConn has been obtained from the UConn IRB

    For more information, contact: Robert Schmelzer at robert.schmelzer@uconn.edu