Graedons: Be careful when taking some drugs at same time - Houston Chronicle

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Graedons: Be careful when taking some drugs at same time - Houston Chronicle

In June, the FDA advised doctors to avoid prescribing more than 20 mg of simvastatin together with the blood pressure drug amlodipine. Please get in touch with your doctor to find out if your dose of simvastatin can be adjusted, or if there is a different cholesterol-lowering drug that would be appropriate for you. Anyone taking simvastatin to lower cholesterol should check with a pharmacist about possible drug interactions with other medicines. For men, an enlarged prostate may be the culprit;

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