Medical News Summary: Mixing grapefruit and cholesterol reducing drugs can be lethal

About: Mixing grapefruit and cholesterol reducing drugs can be lethal
Date: 3 November 2004
Source: Rugged Elegant Living
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Rugged Elegant Living): British regulators have issued a warning that some cholesterol reducing drugs (Simvastatin,, Lipitor, Lescol, Pravachol, Crestor) when combined with grapefruit or grapefruit juice can increase the risk of a condition called rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is where fibers break down muscle and if released into circulation can ultimately cause kidney damage.
URL: http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/003222.html
Related Disease Topics: Rhabdomyolysis, Kidney damage (see Kidney symptoms)

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