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Life-threatening rhabdomyolysis following the interaction of two commonly prescribed medications

We report an interaction between erythromycin and simvastatin resulting in life-threatening rhabdomyolysis in an elderly patient. Drugs that inhibit CYP3A4 enzyme can cause elevated serum levels of statins which amplifies the risk of statin-induced rhabdomyolysis. Physicians should be aware of poten...

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Autors principals: Fallah, Alireza, Deep, Maitri, Smallwood, David, Hughes, Peter
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Australasian Medical Journal 2013
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3626026/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23589735
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4066/AMJ.2013.1616
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