drug interaction alerts in patients taking simvastatin with amiodarone (Cordarone, etc)
October 2008
Technicians are helping to watch for drug interaction alerts in patients taking simvastatin with amiodarone (Cordarone, etc).
The FDA is getting more reports of "rhabdomyolysis," a muscle disorder that can damage the kidneys, in patients taking these meds.
Package inserts already have a warning about muscle injury with this combo...but it keeps happening.
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