Pharmacology Flashcards

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Patient is commenced on clarithromycin. His drug regimen is amitriptyline, aspirin, clopidogrel, simvastatin, and tramdadol. Which of these routine drugs must be stopped?

A

simvastatin as as clarithromycin increases systemic exposure to simvastatin, leading to increased risk of myopathy

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