Statin use is not associated with an increased risk of acute pancreatitis-A meta-analysis of observational studies.
Goran PoropatLivia ArchibugiTaija KorpelaKarina Cárdenas-JaénEnrique de MadariaGabriele CapursoPublished in: United European gastroenterology journal (2018)
Statin use is not associated with increased risk of AP. Increased risk was limited to CC studies, which are more prone to bias, while C studies showed no global effect. Further research is needed to clarify whether statin type, dosage, treatment duration or AP etiology might account for this difference.