I was prescribed Zocor, but not at 80 mg. Am I at any sort of health risk?
While the risk of myopathy leading to kidney damage is certainly a possibility, statistically you are much less likely to have sustained injury if taking any dose lower than 80 mg. In a FDA clinical trial, patients who took a 20 mg dosage of Zocor were affected by myopathy only 0.02% of the time, while patients taking the 80 mg dose were affected 0.53%, Even patients who took 40 mg doses were only affected 0.08% of the time, an indication that the 80 mg dosage of Zocor is the most dangerous amongst users, and by a wide margin.
