08 Aug, 2008
FDA Warning: Cholesteral Drug Interaction May Cause Death
Posted by: Natural In: Medical
The interaction between cholesterol and heart medication can cause a “muscle injury called rhabdomyolysis, which can lead to kidney failure or death”, says FDA warning.
Patients are at risk of the life threatening condition when taking the anti-cholesterol drugs containing simvastatin are taken with the drug amiodarone, used to manage heart arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat).
The widely used drugs [...]
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