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Acute disease that involves the destruction of skeletal muscle

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  • When skeletal muscle is damaged, it breaks down (lyses) - a condition called rhabdomyolysis
  • Secondary effects such as rhabdomyolysis can lead to subsequent cardiac arrhythmias and renal failure. 4
  • The patient subsequently developed acute renal failure from rhabdomyolysis which is an uncommon completion of DKA.
  • AT that point, 31 people taking the drug had died of rhabdomyolysis.
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