During the period of taking statin drugs, do not take 5 kinds of medicines, do not eat fruits, see the latest "guide".
Statins, if eaten with 5 classes of drugs or with a fruit, can increase the side effects of statins, which can cause muscle damage and even myolysis.
Hello everyone, I am Dr. Cardiovascular Wang. The latest Guidelines for the Management of Blood Lipids in China 2023 tell us that caution is needed while taking statins that may increase the side effects of statin medications.
1. Anti-rejection drugs. For example, cyclosporine is mainly taken by these people after organ transplantation.
2. Antifungal drugs. Usually antifungal drugs, these drugs are used by people with skin diseases.
3. Macrolide drugs. Generally, erythromycin, roxithromycin, azithromycin, is an anti-inflammatory drug said by the people.
4. Calcium antagonist.
What do the 4 major categories of calcium ion antagonists mean? It is a hypotensive drug of the dipine class.
What about category 5? Class 6 is not drugs, such as amiodarone - to treat arrhythmias, gemfibrozil is another lipid-lowering drug.
6. Grapefruit juice. What is the name that everyone cares about the most? -Grapefruit juice, which is the juice of red grapefruit. If you take it and take all 6 drugs or foods at the same time, you may increase the risk of muscle damage.
It's not that these drugs can't be used while we take statins.
What do you mean? If people who take statins for a long time really want to use these drugs, then they should do the following methods:
First, avoid using large doses of statins. That is to say, you don't see that your blood lipids are not up to standard, double yourself? No way! That increases the risk of side effects of the drug.
Second, if you can not use it, try not to use these drugs, and it is best to replace them with other alternative drugs. You don't mean you have to drink grapefruit juice, don't drink it.
So many fruits have to drink grapefruit juice?
Third, monitor adverse reactions. Remember that after taking statins, in the 11th month, the 12th month and every year after that, we must take the initiative to review creatine kinase, liver function, and blood sugar. Timely detection of this side effect, timely discontinuation of the drug and timely treatment. For people who have to take these drugs at the same time, on the one hand, most of this drug is not taken for life, that is, you have the disease is temporary, and you may be fine after eating.
Then during the period of taking these medicines, pay attention to observe whether you have muscle pain, general fatigue, and if you see a doctor in time. Of course, you can also wait for the month after taking this medicine to review creatine kinase and liver function as soon as possible. In short, drug safety is very important, we can't use drugs indiscriminately, but it is not necessary to say that when you use drugs, you are afraid of medication, under the guidance of professional doctors, you should eat, should not eat, do not eat indiscriminately. Do a good job of monitoring, better use of drugs to serve us, if you are unwell, offline medical treatment.