A 57-year-old woman visits her primary care physician. Laboratory studies reveal an LDL of 194 mg/dL and HDL of 41 mg/dL. Her phy- sician begins therapy with a drug that inhibits production of mevalonic acid. Which of the following is a common side effect of this ther- apy?

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A 57-year-old woman visits her primary care physician. Laboratory studies reveal an LDL of 194 mg/dL and HDL of 41 mg/dL. Her phy- sician begins therapy with a drug that inhibits production of mevalonic acid. Which of the following is a common side effect of this ther- apy?

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(A) Hepatomegaly without elevations in aspar- tate aminotransferase or alanine amino- transferase
(B) Muscle injury clinically similar to myositis
(C) Spontaneous abortion of a pregnancy
(D) Suicidality and homicidality in patients

with bipolar disorder
(E) Tonic-clonic seizures

A 57-year-old woman visits her primary care physician. Laboratory studies reveal an LDL of 194 mg/dL and HDL of 41 mg/dL. Her phy- sician begins therapy with a drug that inhibits production of mevalonic acid. Which of the following is a common side effect of this ther- apy?

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