Statins and their role in acute pancreatitis: Case report and literature review

Statin induced pancreatitis has historically been considered a diagnosis of exclusion,with literature references typically in the form of case reports and observational studies. Recently,larger studies have challenged the correlations made by earlier case reports,and instead demonstrate a mild protective effect in statin users. We present a case report of likely statin induced pancreatitis in a 58-year-old male(which we have attributed to drug-drug interaction with resulting inhibition of hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes) and have reviewed the apparent dichotomy in the available literature.