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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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