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Results of a Safety Initiative for Patients on Concomitant Amiodarone and Simvastatin Therapy in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
BACKGROUND: The FDA revised the labels of amiodarone and simvastatin in 2002 to warn of increased risk of rhabdomyolysis, the most severe form of myopathy, when the 2 drugs are taken concomitantly in doses greater than 20 milligrams (mg) per day of simvastatin. The FDA reissued the warning in 2008 a...
Autores principales: | Karimi, Sahar, Hough, Augustus, Beckey, Cherylyn, Parra, David |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10437393/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20726676 http://dx.doi.org/10.18553/jmcp.2010.16.7.472 |
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