My doctor back in Virginia prescribed a Statin for high cholesterol. I was always kind of leery of them so I read the insert closely. In bold letters was the warning to NOT take it if you are taking Colchicine which I use when I have a gout flareup. I had an appointment with my podiatrist to follow up on some surgery the next week so I asked him about the Statin. He nearly fell out of his chair. He said Colchicine and several types of Statins causes muscle death and told me to ask my primary care doctor (which was in the same medical group with full access to all my records) to prescribe one of the other drugs that does not react to Colchicine. To review, this was from a doctor in the same medical group as the one who prescribed Colchicine and both prescriptions were filled by the very same pharmacy that should have caught the issue as well. Just goes to show that you have to take an active interest in your care.
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