lipitor and vitamins

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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