High Potency Statins Linked with Acute Kidney Injury.

Patients without CKD who took high-potency statins for high blood pressure had a 34% higher risk of being hospitalized for acute kidney injury (AKI) within 120 days after starting treatment than those taking low-potency statins in a recent BMJ study. The observational study compared patients who were prescribed high-potency statins to those who were prescribed low-potency statins in seven Canadian provinces and two databases in England and the United States between 1997 and 2008. The study included more than 2 million patients. Each person hospitalized for AKI was matched with 10 controls.