Lovastatin Oral
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- Uses and How to Use
- Dosage and Storage
- Precautions and Side Effects
- Drug Interactions
- Drug Images
Pronounced: (LOW-vuh-stat-in)
Lovastatin Oral Interactions
Your doctor or pharmacist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for them. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with your doctor or pharmacist first.
See also How to Use section.
This drug should not be used with the following medications because very serious (possibly fatal) interactions may occur:
- certain azole antifungals (itraconazole, ketoconazole)
- delavirdine
- HIV protease inhibitors (e.g., ritonavir, amprenavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir)
- certain macrolide antibiotics (erythromycin, clarithromycin, troleandomycin)
- nefazodone
- telithromycin
If you are currently using any of these medications, tell your doctor or pharmacist before starting lovastatin.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of:
- azithromycin
- "blood thinners" (e.g., warfarin)
- daptomycin
- drugs affecting liver enzymes that remove lovastatin from your body (such as azole antifungals including fluconazole/voriconazole/posaconazole, amiodarone, cyclosporine, danazol, diltiazem, verapamil, rifampin, St. John's wort, carbamazepine)
This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.
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