Question

Mr FG experiences a chest infection 4 days post admission and is prescribedamoxicillin 500 mg three times daily and erythromycin 500 mg four times daily.What problems may this cause with this patient’s statin therapy and what advicewould you give in order to avoid this problem occurring? (Drug interaction)

Answer 1

The antibiotics such as erythromycin should not be taken with statins as it can lead to serious medical side effects and damage to the health of the patient. Taking the antibiotics such as erythromycin along with standard therapy kundli to muscle damage or or damage to the kidney function or in cases of older adult could also be fatal. In order to avoid this problem the alternative to the antibiotic erythromycin can be prescribed which does not have drug interaction with statin therapy and can help with antibiotic properties as well as function and not interact with the statin therapy. so that was would be either to eliminate the antibiotic and find some other way to combat the infection or if an antibiotic is to be taken then avoid the antibiotic that have direct reaction with statins such as erythromycin and prescribed antibiotic which are free from interaction with the static leading to the safety health and well-being of the patient .