Antibiotics
Some antibiotics, including erythromycin, clarithromycin, itraconazole, ketoconazole and miconazole, can increase your risk of muscle damage if taken with atorvastatin or simvastatin.
Speak to your doctor if you are taking atorvastatin or simvastatin and need to take one of these antibiotics. Your doctor may advise you to stop taking atorvastatin or simvastatin or take a lower dose of the statin while you are on the course of antibiotics.
The antibiotic daptomycin should also not be taken in combination with any statin.
Warfarin
Statins can enhance the effect of warfarin, which may increase your risk of bleeding.
You should have regular blood tests to monitor the effect of your statin on the warfarin, especially when starting or stopping a statin or when changing the dose of statin.
