Global Dialysis - FDA: Statins and protease inhibitors taken together can increase risk of muscle injury.

FDA: Statins and protease inhibitors taken together can increase risk of muscle injury.

MedWatch: FDA notified healthcare professionals of updates to the prescribing information concerning interactions between protease inhibitors and certain statin drugs. Protease inhibitors and statins taken together may raise the blood levels of statins and increase the risk for muscle injury (myopathy). The most serious form of myopathy, called rhabdomyolysis, can damage the kidneys and lead to kidney failure, which can be fatal.

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