whether patients should stop taking Lipitor, Mevacor, or Zocor while taking certain antimicrobials
April 2006
There's a controversy about whether patients should stop taking Lipitor, Mevacor, or Zocor while taking certain antimicrobials.
Metabolism of these statins can be inhibited by erythromycin... clarithromycin... telithromycin... itraconazole... and ketoconazole.
This increases statin levels and the risk of myopathy.
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