Some medicines may interfere with statins.
Tell your GP or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines or supplements.
Medicines that may affect statins
Tell your GP if you're taking:
- antibiotics - clarithromycin in particular
- antifungals
- HIV medicines
- medicines to treat cancer, such as regorafenib or darolutamide
- indigestion remedies
- the contraceptive pill
- hepatitis C medicines
- warfarin, clopidogrel or any medicine used for thinning the blood
- ciclosporin or other medicines that affects your immune system
- verapamil, diltiazem or amlodipine - treats high blood pressure or heart problems
- amiodarone - treats fast or irregular heartbeats
- fibrates such as gemfibrozil or fenofibrate - these too help reduce cholesterol levels
- colchicine - treats pain and inflammation from gout
Tell your GP if you take any herbal remedies, vitamins or supplements.
Food, alcohol and statins
Avoid grapefruit juice. Some statins can interact with grapefruit juice.
You may be able to continue drinking alcohol. But try to stick to the weekly low-risk alcohol guidelines.
You're at a higher risk of serious side effects of statins if you regularly drink large amounts of alcohol.