Hepatitis associated with treatment with lovastatin has been reported. - GreenMedInfo Summary
[Hepatitis associated with treatment with lovastatin. Presentation of 2 cases].
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1998 Mar ;21(3):127-8. PMID: 9607293
Servicio de Hepatología, Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona.
Two women of 57 and 59 years of age, presented anicteric hepatitis at 9 months and 3 years, respectively, of the initiation of treatment with lovastatin (20 mg/day) for hypercholesterolemia. In both cases other causes of liver damage were excluded and the analytical alterations normalized within a few weeks following discontinuation of the medication.