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Lipitor Oral Medication Interactions


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Generic Name: ATORVASTATIN - ORAL
Pronounced: (a-TOR-va-STAT-in)

Lipitor Oral Interactions

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Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.

Other medications can affect the removal of atorvastatin from your body, which may affect how atorvastatin works. Examples include colchicine, telithromycin, among others.


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