Crestor and Muscle Pain

Crestor Medicine

Crestor and Muscle Pain: Drug Interactions

Serious muscle problems are more common when Crestor is first started or when the dosage is increased; but, these problems can happen at any time. Serious muscle problems are more common in people over the age of 65, those of Asian decent, and those with kidney problems or hypothyroidism. There are also certain medicines that, when taken with Crestor, can increase the risk for serious muscle problems. These medicines include:

Cyclosporine (Gengraf^®, Neoral^®, Sandimmune^®)
Fibrates, such as:
- Fenofibrate (Antara^™, Lofibra^™, Tricor^®, Triglide^™)
- Gemfibrozil (Lopid^®)

Niacin (nicotinic acid, Niacor^®, Nicolar^®)
Protease inhibitors, such as:
- Amprenavir (Agenerase^®)
- Atazanavir (Reyataz^®)
- Darunavir (Prezista^™)
- Fosamprenavir (Lexiva^®)
- Indinavir (Crixivan^®)
- Lopinavir and ritonavir (Kaletra^®)
- Nelfinavir (Viracept^®)
- Ritonavir (Norvir^®)
- Saquinavir (Invirase^®)
- Tipranavir (Aptivus^®)

Other statin medications, such as:
- Atorvastatin (Lipitor^®)
- Fluvastatin (Lescol^®, Lescol^® XL)
- Lovastatin (Altoprev^™, Mevacor^®)
- Pravastatin (Pravachol^®)
- Simvastatin (Zocor^®)

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