antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor

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 antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• Alcohol and Lipitor can both damage your liver antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. 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 antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• Do not take Lipitor if you are pregnant, if you are planning a pregnancy,or if you are breast-feeding a baby antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• 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 antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.

What is Lipitor?
• Lipitor blocks the production of cholesterol (a type of fat) in yourbody antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• 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 antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. Lipitor is also used to increasethe level of HDL (good) cholesterol in your blood antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. These actions are importantin reducing the risk of hardening of the arteries, which can lead to heart attacks,stroke, and peripheral vascular disease antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• Lipitor may also be used for purposes other than those listed in thismedication guide antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.

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

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

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

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

What should I avoid while taking Lipitor?
• Alcohol and Lipitor can both damage your liver antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. 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 antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may interact with Lipitor antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. The interactioncould lead to potentially dangerous effects antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. Discuss the use of grapefruit andgrapefruit juice with your doctor antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. Do not increase or decrease the amount ofgrapefruit products in your diet without first talking to your doctor antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.

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 antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• Other, less serious side effects may be more likely to occur antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. Continueto take Lipitor and talk to your doctor if you experience
· headache;
· upset stomach or flatulence; or
· a rash antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• Side effects other than those listed here may also occur antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. Talk to yourdoctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.

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) antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• The medications listed above interact with Lipitor and may cause damageyour muscles antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• 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) antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• You may require a dosage adjustment or special monitoring during treatmentif you are taking any of the medicines listed above antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.
• Drugs other than those listed here may also interact with Lipitor antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor. Talkto your doctor and pharmacist before taking any prescription or over-the-countermedicines antipsychotic antidepressant lipitor.

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

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