Anyone else on Statins for their cholesterol?
I was put on them twice before in the past and both drugs caused muscle and joint pain so I stopped.
My GP has been persistent and I refused so they referred me to the local Lipid clinic and after 6 months of waiting they said I was eligible but as their waiting list was between 6-9 months they recommended I try a statin called 'rosuvastatin'
The GP called me this week to let me know.
I looked it up for any possible reaction with the Abiraterone I'm on for P.C.
Good job I did
"Combining rosuvastatin and abiraterone is strongly discouraged because the combination can cause severe muscle breakdown (rhabdomyolysis) and acute kidney injury"
I can't believe none of the doctors involved in this didn't think to check
Hello Slartibartfast
A great post thank you.
I am "lucky" as my GP practice has it's own pharmacist and he checks for medication clashes and indeed has found one in my medication a couple of years ago.
For the nerds 
in the group like me you can check up on your medication for medication clashes here:
NICE /BNF - medication interactions.
Best wishes - Brian.
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