In a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian researchers are advising doctors to avoid ordering certain antibiotics for patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, which include Lipitor.
An article in U.S. News and World Report says statins don’t mix well with the antibiotics clarithromycin or erythromycin.
This isn’t the first time that health concerns have been raised about statins. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has added warnings ...
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