Rhabdomyolysis secondary to a drug interaction between simvastatin and clarithromycin

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-31

  Lee, A J ^a   Maddix, D S ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarithromycin; Rhabdomyolysis; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BICARBONATE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ACETATE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COCODAMOL; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOCHROME P450 INHIBITOR; ETIDRONIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; MANNITOL; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; RANITIDINE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SIMVASTATIN; TERAZOSIN; TESTOSTERONE; TOLBUTAMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0035109088     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.10177     Document Type: Article

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