severe rhabdomyolysis associated with simvastatin and role of
ciprofloxacin and amlodipine coadministration
;Nicolas De Schryver;Xavier Wittebole;Peter Van den Bergh;Vincent Haufroid;Eric Goffin;Philippe Hantson
molecular nutrition and food research2015Vol. 2015pp. -
175
schryver2015casesevere
Abstract
Simvastatin is among the most commonly used prescription medications for cholesterol reduction and the most common statin-related adverse drug reaction is skeletal muscle toxicity. Multiple factors have been shown to influence simvastatin-induced myopathy. In addition to age, gender, ethnicity, genetic predisposition, and dose, drug-drug interactions play a major role. This is particularly true for drugs that are extensively metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4. We describe a particularly severe case of rhabdomyolysis after the introduction of ciprofloxacin, a weak CYP3A4 inhibitor, in a patient who previously tolerated the simvastatin-amlodipine combination.