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What is the most important information I should know about Lipitor?
• Do not take Lipitor without first talking to your doctor if you haveliver disease amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Alcohol and Lipitor can both damage your liver amoxicillan lipitor dog. Discuss with your doctorthe amount of alcohol that you drink so that it can be determined if Lipitoris the best choice for lowering your cholesterol amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Do not take Lipitor if you are pregnant, if you are planning a pregnancy,or if you are breast-feeding a baby amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Contact your doctor immediately if you experience unexplained musclepain, tenderness, or weakness, especially if it is accompanied by a fever orflulike symptoms or yellowing of your skin or eyes amoxicillan lipitor dog.

What is Lipitor?
• Lipitor blocks the production of cholesterol (a type of fat) in yourbody amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Lipitor is used to reduce the amounts of LDL (bad) cholesterol, totalcholesterol, triglycerides (another type of fat), and apolipoprotein B (a proteinneeded to make cholesterol) in your blood amoxicillan lipitor dog. Lipitor is also used to increasethe level of HDL (good) cholesterol in your blood amoxicillan lipitor dog. These actions are importantin reducing the risk of hardening of the arteries, which can lead to heart attacks,stroke, and peripheral vascular disease amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Lipitor may also be used for purposes other than those listed in thismedication guide amoxicillan lipitor dog.

Who should not take Lipitor?
• Do not take Lipitor without first talking to your doctor if you haveliver disease amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Before taking Lipitor, tell your doctor if you
· drink alcoholic beverages,
· have a chronic muscular disease,
· require major surgery, or
· have a blood disorder amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• You may not be able to take Lipitor, or you may require a dosage adjustmentor special monitoring during treatment if you have any of the conditions listedabove amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Lipitor is in the FDA pregnancy category X amoxicillan lipitor dog. This means that Lipitor willcause birth defects if it is taken during pregnancy amoxicillan lipitor dog. Cholesterol is very importantfor the proper development of a baby amoxicillan lipitor dog. Do not take Lipitor if you are pregnantor are planning a pregnancy amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• It is not known whether Lipitor passes into breast milk amoxicillan lipitor dog. Do not takethis medication without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feedinga baby amoxicillan lipitor dog.

How should I take Lipitor?
• Take Lipitor exactly as directed by your doctor amoxicillan lipitor dog. If you do not understandthese directions, ask your pharmacist, nurse, or doctor to explain them to you amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Take each dose with a full glass of water amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Lipitor can be taken with or without food amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Lipitor is usually taken once a day amoxicillan lipitor dog. Try to take your dose at the sametime each day amoxicillan lipitor dog. Follow your doctor's instructions amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Your doctor may want to monitor your liver function with blood testsbefore starting treatment with Lipitor, at twelve weeks after both the startof your treatment and any increase in dose, and periodically (every 6 months)thereafter amoxicillan lipitor dog. Depending on the results of these tests, your doctor can determinehow much monitoring you will require amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may interact with Lipitor amoxicillan lipitor dog. The interactioncould lead to potentially dangerous effects amoxicillan lipitor dog. Discuss the use of grapefruit andgrapefruit juice with your doctor amoxicillan lipitor dog. Do not increase or decrease the amount ofgrapefruit products in your diet without first talking to your doctor amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Eat a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet amoxicillan lipitor dog. To realize beneficial effects fromLipitor, avoid fatty, high-cholesterol foods amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Do not stop taking Lipitor without first talking to your doctor amoxicillan lipitor dog. It maybe weeks or months before beneficial effects are seen from this medication amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Store Lipitor at room temperature away from moisture and heat amoxicillan lipitor dog.

What happens if I miss a dose?
• Take the missed dose as soon as you remember amoxicillan lipitor dog. However, if it is almosttime for your next dose, skip the missed dose and take only your next regularlyscheduled dose amoxicillan lipitor dog. Do not take a double dose of this medication amoxicillan lipitor dog.

What happens if I overdose?
• Seek emergency medical attention amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• The symptoms of an overdose of Lipitor are not known amoxicillan lipitor dog.

What should I avoid while taking Lipitor?
• Alcohol and Lipitor can both damage your liver amoxicillan lipitor dog. Discuss with your doctorthe amount of alcohol that you drink so that it can be determined if Lipitoris the best choice for lowering your cholesterol amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may interact with Lipitor amoxicillan lipitor dog. The interactioncould lead to potentially dangerous effects amoxicillan lipitor dog. Discuss the use of grapefruit andgrapefruit juice with your doctor amoxicillan lipitor dog. Do not increase or decrease the amount ofgrapefruit products in your diet without first talking to your doctor amoxicillan lipitor dog.

What are the possible side effects of Lipitor?
• If you experience any of the following serious side effects, stop takingLipitor and seek emergency medical attention or call your doctor immediately:
· an allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of your throat;swelling of your lips, tongue, or face; or hives);
· muscle aches, pain, or weakness;
· "flu-like" symptoms;
· decreased urine or rust-colored urine;
· blurred vision; or
· yellowing of your skin or eyes amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Other, less serious side effects may be more likely to occur amoxicillan lipitor dog. Continueto take Lipitor and talk to your doctor if you experience
· headache;
· upset stomach or flatulence; or
· a rash amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Side effects other than those listed here may also occur amoxicillan lipitor dog. Talk to yourdoctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome amoxicillan lipitor dog.

What other drugs will affect Lipitor?
• Do not take Lipitor without first talking to your doctor if you are takingany of the following medicines:
· cyclosporine (Sandimmune, Neoral);
· gemfibrozil (Lopid);
· niacin (Nicolar, Nicobid, Nicotinex, others);
· clarithromycin (Biaxin);
· erythromycin (E-Mycin, E.E.S., Ery-Tab, Ilotycin, Eryc, PCE, Ilosone,others); or
· fluconazole (Diflucan), itraconazole (Sporanox), or ketoconazole (Nizoral) amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• The medications listed above interact with Lipitor and may cause damageyour muscles amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Before taking Lipitor, tell your doctor if you are taking any of thefollowing medicines:
· other cholesterol-lowering drugs such as cholestyramine (Questran)or colestipol (Colestid); or
· digoxin (Lanoxin, Lanoxicaps) amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• You may require a dosage adjustment or special monitoring during treatmentif you are taking any of the medicines listed above amoxicillan lipitor dog.
• Drugs other than those listed here may also interact with Lipitor amoxicillan lipitor dog. Talkto your doctor and pharmacist before taking any prescription or over-the-countermedicines amoxicillan lipitor dog.

Where can I get more information?
• Your pharmacist has additional information about Lipitor written forhealth professionals that you may read amoxicillan lipitor dog.

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