Name Of Program The Merck Patient Assistance Program Contact Information The Merck Patient Assistance Program P.O. Box 690 Horsham, PA 19044-9979 800 ; 727-5400 800 ; 994-2111 Product s ; Covered By Program Blocaden Tablets, Clinoril Tablets, Cosmegen Injection, Cosopt Opthalmic Solution, Cozaar Tablets, Cuprimine Capsules, Demser Capsules, Diuril Oral Suspension, Dolobid Tablets, Elspar, Fosamax Tablets, Hyzaar Tablets, Indocin Oral Suspension, Lacrisert Ophthalmic Insert, Maxalt, Mephyton Tablets, Mevavor Tablets, Midamor Tablets, Moduretic Tablets, Mustargen, Noroxin, Pepcid RPD, Pepcid Tablets and Oral Suspension, Prinivil Tablets, Prinzide Tablets, Propecia Tablets, Proscar Tablets, Singulair Tablets and Chewable Tablets, Stromectol Tablets, Syprine Tablets, Timolide Tablets, Timoptic-XE Ophthalmic Gel Forming Solution, Timoptic in OCCU24.
Hour after injection. Leukopenia and or agranulocytosis have been attributed to phenothiazine therapy. A single case of transient granulocytopenia has been associated with Serentil. Since convulsive seizures have been reported, patients receiving anticonvulsant medication should be maintained on that regimen while receiving Serentil. See CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Clinical Studies. ; Coronary Heat-t Disease MEVACOR is indicated to slow the progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with coronary heart disease as part of a treatment strategy to lower total-C and LDL-C to target levels. Hypercholesterolemia Therapy with lipid-altering agents should be a component of multiple risk factor intervention in those individuals at significantly increased risk for atherosclerotic vascular disease due to hypercholesterolemia. MEVACOR is indicated as an adjunct to diet for the reductiofi of elevated total-C and LDL-C levels in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia Types Ila and Ilb ; . when the response to diet restricted in saturated fat and cholesterol and to other nonpharmacological measures alone has been inadequate. General Recommendations Prior to initiating therapy with lovastatin. secondary causes for hypercholesterolemia e.g., poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. hypothyroidism, nephrotic syndrome. dysproteinemias. obstructive liver disease, other drug therapy, alcoholism ; should be excluded, and a lipid profile performed to measure total-C. HDL-C. and TG. For patients with TG less than 400 mg dL ~4.5 mmol L ; , LDL-C can be estimated using the following equation: LDL-C total-C - 10.2 x TG ; + HDL-C] For TG levels 400 mg dL 4.5 mmol L ; . this equation is less accurate and LDL-C concentrations should be determined by ultracentrifugation. In hypertriglyceridemic patients, LDL-C may be low or normal despite elevated total-C. In such cases, MEVACOR is not indicated. The National Cholesterol Education Program NCEP ; Treatment Guidelines are summarized below.
Special Enrollment Period Individuals who previously declined coverage when initially eligible may enroll when a change in family status or loss of group coverage under another plan occurs. The special enrollment rights may apply with respect to an Employee, a dependent of the Employee, or both. Employees or dependents who are otherwise eligible for coverage under the terms of the Plan are allowed to enroll for coverage within 31 days following: 1 ; A loss of eligibility for group coverage under another plan due to: divorce or legal separation; death; termination of employment; reduction in work hours; employer contributions towards coverage were terminated; or termination of COBRA continuation as a result of the maximum COBRA continuation period being exhausted. An individual does not have to elect COBRA continuation coverage in order to preserve the right t special o enrollment. However, an individual does not have a special enrollment right if loss of other coverage results from the individual's failure to pay premiums or for cause such as making a fraudulent claim ; . 2 ; A change in family status due to: marriage; birth of a child; or adoption or Placement for Adoption of a child. The special enrollment rules allow an eligible Employee to enroll when he or she marries or has a new child as a result of marriage, birth, adoption, or Placement for Adoption ; . A spouse of a participant can be enrolled separately at the time of marriage or when a child is born, adopted or placed for adoption. The spouse can be enrolled together with the Employee when they marry or when a child is born, adopted or placed for adoption. A child who becomes a dependent of a participant as a result of marriage, birth, adoption, or Placement for Adoption can be enrolled when the child becomes a dependent. Similarly, a child who becomes a dependent of an eligible Employee as a result of marriage, birth, adoption, or Placement for Adoption can be enrolled if the Employee enrolls at the same time. Individuals who enroll under these special enrollment conditions are not considered Late Entrants, but are subject to the normal Pre-Existing Condition limitation of the Plan. Common-law spouses who are enrolled within 31 days of the date of marriage will be effective on the date of marriage. For purposes of Common-Law Marriage, date of marriage will be determined from the notarized affidavit the Employee will be required to complete at the time of spouse's enrollment. Employees who are enrolled in the City and County-sponsored Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado and move outside the Kaiser service area at a time other than during the Annual Open Enrollment Period will be allowed to change their coverage for themselves and their eligible dependents from Kaiser to this Plan if an enrollment form is completed within 31 days of the date they moved outside the service area; such enrollment will become effective on the first of the month next following or coincident with the date the enrollment form is completed. Individuals who previously declined coverage or enrolled in the City and County sponsored Kaiser Plan when initially eligible may enroll in the Employees' Medical Care Expense Plan if application is made within 31 days from the date of a Qualified Medical Child Support Order with coverage to be effective on the date specified on the Qualified Medical Child Support Order ; . Individuals who enroll under these circumstances are subject to the normal PreExisting Condition limitation of the Plan. Effective Date of Coverage for Individuals Enrolling During the Special Enrollment Period 1 ; For marriage - the date of marriage; 2 ; For dependent's birth, adoption, or placement of adoption - the date of the event.

And ketoconazole; the rnacrolide antibiotics. erythromycin and clarithromycin, HlV protease inhibitors; the antidepressant nefazodone; and large quantities of grapefruit juice 1 quart daily ; see below; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Pharmacokinelrcs; PRECAUTIONS, Drug Inferactions; and DOSAGE ANO ADMINISTRATION ; Although the data are Insufficient for lovastatin, the risk of myopathy appears to be increased when verapamil IS used concomitantly with a closely related HMG-CoA reductase inhrbitor see PRECAUTIONS. Drug fnferacfjons ; . Reducrng the nsk of myopathy. I. General measures. Patients starting therapy with lovastatin should be advised of the risk of myopathy, and told to report promptly unexplained muscle pain, tenderness or weakness. A creatine ktnase CK ; level above 10X ULN in a patient wrth unexplained muscle symptoms indicates myopathy. Lovastatin therapy should be discontinued if myopathy is diagnosed or suspected. In most cases, when patients were promptly discontinued from treatment, muscle symptoms and CK increases resolved. Of the patients with rhabdomyolysis. many had complicated medical histories. Some had preexisting renal insufficiency, usually as a consequence of long-standing diabetes. In such patients, dose escalation requires caution. Also. as there are no known adverse consequences of brief interruption of therapy. treatment with lovastatin should be stopped a few day-s before elective major surgery and when any major acute medical or surgical condition supervenes. 2. Measures to reduce the risk of myopathy caused by drug interactions see above and PRECAUTIONS, Drug Interactions ; . Physicians contemplating combined therapy with lovastatin and any of the interacting drugs should weigh the potential benefits and risks, and should carefully monitor patients for any signs and symptoms of muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness, particularly during the initial months of therapy and during any periods of upward dosage titration of either drug. Periodic CK determinations may be considered in such situations. but there is no assurance that such monitonng will prevent myopathy. The combined use of lovastatin with frbrates or niacin should be avorded unless the benefit of further alteration in lipid levels is likely to outweigh the increased risk of this drug combination. Combinations of fibrates or niacin with low doses of lovastatin have been used without myopathy in small, short-term clinical trials with careful monitoring. Addition of these drugs to lovastatin typically provides little additional reduction in LDL cholesterol, but further reductions of triglycerides and further increases in HDL cholesterol may be obtained. If one of these drugs must be used with lovastatin. clinical experience suggests that the risk of myopathy is less with niacin than with the fibrates. In patients taking concomitant cyclosporine, fibrates or niacin, the dose of lovastatin should generally not exceed 20 mglday see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION and DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION. Concomitant &r&Lowering Therapy ; , as the risk of myopathy increases substantially at higher doses. Concomitant use of lovastatin with rtraconazole, ketoconazole, erythromycin. clanthromyctn. HIV protease inhibitors, nefazodone. or large quantities of grapefruit juice 1 quart daily ; is not recommended. If no alternative to a short course of treatment with itraconazole. ketoconazole, erythromycin, or clarithromycin is available. a brief suspension of lovastatin therapy dunng such treatment can be considered as there are no known adverse consequences to brief interruptions of long-term cholesterol-lowering therapy. Liver Dysfunction Persistent increases to more than 3 times the upper limit of normal ; in serum transaminases occurred in 1.9% of adult patients who received lovastatin for at least one year in early clinical trials see ADVERSE REACTIONS ; . When the drug was interrupted or discontinued in these patients, the transaminase levels usually fell slowly to pretreatment levels. The increases usually appeared 3 to 12 months after the start of therapy with lovastatin. and were not associated with jaundice or other clinical signs or symptoms. There was no evrdence of hypersensitivity. In the EXCEL study see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Clinical Studies ; . the incidence of persistent increases in serum transaminases over 48 weeks was 0.1% for placebo, 0.1% at 20 mglday. 0.9% at 40 mglday. and 1.5% at 80 mglday in patients on lovastatin. However, in post-marketing experience with MEVACOR. symptomatic liver disease has been reported rarely at all dosages see AOVERSE REACTIONS ; . In AFCAPSTTexCAPS, the number of participants with consecutive elevations of either alanine aminotransferase ACT ; or aspartate aminotransferase AST ; 3 times the upper limit of normal ; . over a median of 5 1 years of follow-up, was not significantly different between the MEVACOR and placebo groups 18 0.6%] vs. 11 [O-3%] ; . The starting dose of MEVACOR was 20 mg day; 50% of the MEVACOR treated participants were titrated to 40 mglday at Week 18. Of the 18 participants on MEVACOR with consecutive elevations of &her ALT or AST, 11 0.7% ; elevations occurred in participants taking 20 8.

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9. SMOKING HISTORY: Never Quit. When? Smoked about per day for years. Smoke. packs per day. Have smoked for years. 10. ALCOHOL: No rarely ; alcohol How much of what per day?. Subject: Life Events - Benefits Online The Benefits Department is introducing a healthy lifestyle section named Life Events on the Benefits Online Homepage . Within Life Events, we will dedicate a section entitled "Optimum Wellness" to healthy lifestyles. A healthy lifestyle not only benefits you physically and emotionally, but reduces overall healthcare costs for you and Kinder Morgan. Each month " Optimum Wellness " will focus on a new topic with emphasis placed on your healthcare and what you can do, as a consumer, to help in reducing healthcare cost. DID YOU KNOW? As many as 99.5 million American adults have high cholesterol numbers. DID YOU KNOW? Kinder Morgan spent over .2 million for cholesterol prescriptions in 2002. That expenditure is similar to paying annual base salaries of , 000 year to 30 additional employees - a significant expense! The cholesterol lowering agents, Lipitor, Pravhachol and Zocor are included in KM's top 15 most utilized, high dollar prescription drugs. Prescription 90-day mail order ; Lovastatin Mevacr ; 20 mg Lipitor 10 mg Pravachol 40 mg Zocor 20 mg Category Generic Brand Formulary Brand Formulary Brand Non-Formulary Your Copay .00 .00 .00 Company Pays 7.16 9.56 2.90 6.50 and zocor.
Norvir decreases the amount of oral contraceptives taken by women to help avoid pregnancy ; in the bloodstream. This means that there may be a higher risk of becoming pregnant if Norvir and oral contraceptives are taken at the same time. To reduce the risk of pregnancy, barrier protection e.g., condoms ; should be used. Cholesterol-lowering drugs, also known as "statins, " can interact with Norvir. There are two statins that should not be used with Norvir: Zocor simvastatin ; and Mecacor lovastatin ; . Levels of these two drugs can become significantly increased in the bloodstream if they are combined with Norvir, which increases the risk of side effects. The two statins that are considered to be the safest in combination with Norvir are Pravachol pravastatin ; and Lescol fluvastatin ; . It is also possible to take Norvir with Lipitor, although Norvir can increase the levels of this drug in the bloodstream. If Lipitor is prescribed, it's best to begin treatment with the lowest possible dose of the drug and then increase the dose if necessary. Little is known about the newest statin, Crestor rosuvastatin ; , although it is not expected to have any serious drug interactions with Norvir or the other protease inhibitors. Some patients with asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder ; take a drug called theophylline. Norvir can decrease the amount of theophylline in the bloodstream. If these two drugs are taken at the same time, a doctor can order a blood test to check the level of theophylline in the bloodstream. If the theophylline level is too low, the dose can be increased. Some patients with asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema also take a drug called fluticasone found in Flovent and Advair ; , an inhaled medication known as a corticosteroid. Some patients taking fluticasone while taking Norvir have experienced Cushing's syndrome, a hormonal disorder that can cause a variety of symptoms e.g., extreme puffiness, easily damaged skin, fatigue, weakness ; . It is possible that Norvir increases fluticasone levels in the body, leading to an increased. Other clinical adverse experiences reported as possibly, probably or definitely drug-related in 0.5 to 1 .O percent of patients in any drug-treated group are fisted below. In all these cases the incidence on drug and placebo was not statistically different- Body as a Who e: chest pain; Gastrointestinal: acid regurgitation, dry mouth, vomiting; Musculoskeletat: leg pain, shoulder pain, arthralgia; Nervous System Psychiatric: insomnia, paresthesia; Skin: alopecia. pruritus; Special Senses: eye irritation. In the EXCEL study see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Clinical Studies ; . 4.6% of the patients treated up to 48 weeks were discontinued due to clinical or laboratory adverse experiences which were rated by the investigator as possibly, probably or definitely related to therapy with MEVACOR. The value for the placebo group was 2.5%. Air ForcelTexas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study AFCAPSITexCAPS ; In AFCAPS TexCAPS see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Clinical Studies ; involving 6.605 participants treated with 20-40 mglday of MEVACOR n 3, 304 ; or placebo n 3.301 ; , the safety and tolerability profile of the group treated with MEVACOR was comparable to that of the group treated with placebo during a median of 5.1 years of follow-up. The adverse experiences reported in 12 and accupril.
Mechanism of Action MEVACOR is a cholesterol-lowering agent isolated from a strain of Aspergillus terreus. After oral ingestion, lovastatin, which is an inactive lactone, is hydrolyzed to the corresponding -hydroxy acid form. This principal metabolite is a specific inhibitor of A HMG-CoA ; reductase. This enzyme catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, which is an early and rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of cholesterol. Pharmacodynamics Lovastatin reduces cholesterol production by the liver and induces some changes in cholesterol transport and disposition in the blood and tissues. The mechanism s ; of this effect is believed to involve both reduction of the synthesis of Low Density Lipoprotein LDL ; , and an increase in LDL catabolism as a result of induction of the hepatic LDL receptors. Pharmacokinetics Lovastatin has complex pharmacokinetic characteristics see DETAILED PHARMACOLOGY ; . Metabolism: Lovastatin is metabolized by the microsomal hepatic enzyme system Cytochrome P-450 isoform 3A4 system ; . 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By Ann Gerhardt, MD Subscribe to DrG'sMediSense at drgsmedisense ; Bottom line at the top: Red yeast rice works at least as well as purified statin drugs to improve serum lipid levels. Don't imagine that it accomplishes this by harmless magic: It contains lovastatin brand name Mevacoor ; and other chemically active substances that require medical monitoring. Think of it as drug. What it is: Rice fermented by the mold Monascus purpureus is known as red yeast rice. The fermentation product contains monacolins, which lower cholesterol. Monacolin K, one of the active components of red yeast rice, is produced by all Monascus species and some other molds. Other names for the same chemical structure are mevinolin and lovastatin brand name Mevacor ; , the first FDA-approved statin drug. In the 1990's Merck, Sharp & Dohme researchers identified the chemical structure of monacolin K, calling it lovastatin, and revolutionized pharmacologic cholesterol control. Compactin, a similar compound isolated from Penicillium molds, induces excessive toxicity in humans, but its chemically modified forms Zocor and Pravachol ; have been safe, effective and lucrative products for the pharmaceutical industry. The biggest money-maker of all, Lipitor, has an entirely synthetic structure based on the monocolins. The Chinese have used red yeast rice since the Tang dynasty as an ingredient in rice wine, as a coloring the red color of Peking duck ; and flavoring agent and as an herb to treat indigestion, diarrhea and circulatory disorders. Why it works: After conversion in the liver to the active form, all of the various monocolins and statin drugs inhibit the enzyme Hmg CoA reductase, the first step of cholesterol synthesis in the human liver. Blocking this enzyme turns off the body's cholesterol production and induces the liver to pull more cholesterol out of the blood stream, thus lowering cholesterol levels in two ways. More potent than Mevacor: Red yeast rice lowers LDL-cholesterol the bad one ; more than an equivalent dose of lovastatin. In studies of patients taking standard doses of red yeast rice, LDL-cholesterol dropped by.
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Most foreign firms do business in South Korea through joint ventures or by licensing their products. Until recently, trade barriers have been relatively strict in the country, and, often, foreign companies had to jump through many hoops--including extensive product testing and compliance with other regulations--to get their products approved and to market. New regulations that took effect on July 1, 1996, are aimed at opening up and streamlining the regulation process in South Korea by making rules more clear for foreign companies; however, despite these improvements, the process remains rigorous. Nevertheless, foreign medical companies continue to invest in South Korea and to develop and distribute their products there. Thailand Thailand, a country of more than 60 million people located north of Malaysia, has been one of Southeast Asia's top economic performers recently, experiencing growth rates of more than 7% a year since 1988. Although the country's per capita GDP , 970 in 1994 ; is not high compared with that of other Southeast Asian countries, strong economic growth is expected to continue.

FAQ AS3 Part 3: Techniques, Troubleshooting, and Tips, Cont'd. Since Carr's philosophy, or quitting method is widely discussed, a summary will be included in the FAQ. This does not mean that AS3 endorses, supports, or solicites Carr's publications. If Carr's philosophy intrigues you, then feel free to investigate further on your own. The following synopsis of Carr's Method was written and contributed by David Moss moss online casino wageringonline casino wageringx and originally posted to AS3: "First, Allen Carr's qualifications: he's not a doctor or a psychologist, he's a guy who smoked five packs per day I didn't even know that was possible! ; and who quit one day with no difficulty whatsoever. He was so astounded by this that he subsequently devoted his time to finding out why quitting had been so easy for him, and then wrote a book about it. "He understands how smokers' minds work, so he doesn't fill his book with a load of horror stories on why you shouldn't smoke. We all know that already, and it doesn't help. Allen Carr turns it around and asks, why smoke? Our bodies tell us 'have a cigarette' and we give way, or we fight it with huge amounts of willpower. Instead, we should ask our bodies 'what for?'. He takes all the stock answers - it tastes good, it helps me relax, it helps me concentrate, it relieves stress, it relieves boredom - and disproves them one by one. In fact, we smoke to relieve the withdrawal symptoms that we all suffer between cigarettes, because nicotine is a fast acting, fast decaying drug. All the other justifications are rationalizations which don't stand up to scrutiny. The logical conclusion is that you shouldn't even think in terms of 'giving up' cigarettes, because you're not giving up anything - you're just stopping smoking because you simply don't need cigarettes. "His next point is that quitting is actually very easy. Most smokers make the mistake of confusing the physical withdrawal symptoms with the psychological "crawling up the walls" cravings and panic that you get when you want to smoke and can't. The actual physical withdrawal symptoms are a mild, empty, hunger-like feeling, which doesn't hurt and which is easy to ignore. The psychological cravings, because they're psychological, will simply cease to exist if you can develop the right mental attitude. For this reason, Carr is very insistent that the reader continue to smoke until he's got his attitude right i.e. until he's finished the book ; , so as to avoid the negative experience of a failed attempt to quit. Think about the question given above - what positivebenefits do you get from smoking - until you're completely convinced that smoking gives you nothing. You don't need huge feats of willpower, because you're not giving up anything. Making quitting into a test of willpower only makes it harder. You don't need replacements like sweets or gum, because you're not giving up anything that needs replacing. You don't need nicotine patches or nicotine gum, because you don't need nicotine. Enjoy the withdrawal symptoms, because that's how it feels when you defeat your addiction. "We all know that it takes about three weeks for the body to be cleared of FAQ AS3 Part 3: Techniques, Troubleshooting, and Tips, Cont'd. 16 and pravachol. Sales for vasotec, pepcid and mevacor are expected to reach billion this year, which represents about 10% of merck's total sales in 200 in looking at which drug companies will have the most patented drugs coming off their patent protection in the years 2000 through 2003, statistics from thomson financial datastream and deutsche bank show that astrazeneca will lose over 55% of its sales based on 1999 sales figures. Other anti-inflammatory analgesics, 2 + times week e.g., Aleve, Naprosyn, Anaprox, Relafen, Ketoprofen ; Steroid taken orally e.g., Prednisone, Medrol ; "Statin" cholesterol-lowering drug: Mevacor lovastatin ; Pravachol pravastatin ; Other Other cholesterol-lowering drug [e.g., niacin, Lopid gemfibrozil ; , Tricor fenofibrate ; , Questran cholestyramine ; , Colestid, Zetia] H2 blocker e.g., Pepcid, Tagamet, Zantac, Axid ; Prilosec, Nexium, Prevacid, Protonix, Aciphex Finasteride e.g., Proscar, Propecia, Avodart ; Alpha-blocker for BPH [e.g., Hytrin terazosin ; , Flomax, Cardura] Beta-blocker e.g., Inderal, Metoprolol, Atenolol, Carvedilol ; ACE inhibitor or ARB e.g., Prinivil, Vasotec, Diovan Avapro ; Furosemide-like diuretic e.g., Lasix, Bumex ; Thiazide diuretic e.g., HCTZ, Maxzide, Dyazide ; Calcium blocker e.g., Calan, Procardia, Cardizem, Norvasc ; Other antihypertensive e.g., Clonidine, Aldactone ; Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, Effexor Tricyclic antidepressant e.g., Elavil, Sinequan ; Other antidepressant e.g., Trazodone, Nardil ; Tranquilizer e.g., Valium, Xanax, Klonopin ; Coumadin e.g., Warfarin ; Digoxin e.g., Lanoxin ; Other regular medication no need to specify and procardia.

Dispersible Buffered Tablets, or Enteric-Coated Tablets, take REYATAZ atazanavir sulfate ; 2 hours before or 1 hour after these medicines. If you are taking medicines for indigestion, heartburn, or ulcers such as AXID nizatidine ; , PEPCID AC famotidine ; , TAGAMET cimetidine ; , or ZANTAC ranitidine ; , talk to your healthcare provider. Do not change your dose or stop taking REYATAZ without first talking with your healthcare provider. It is important to stay under a healthcare provider's care while taking REYATAZ. When your supply of REYATAZ starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or pharmacy. It is important not to run out of REYATAZ. The amount of HIV in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. If you miss a dose of REYATAZ, take it as soon as possible and then take your next scheduled dose at its regular time. If, however, it is within 6 hours of your next dose, do not take the missed dose. Wait and take the next dose at the regular time. Do not double the next dose. It is important that you do not miss any doses of REYATAZ or your other anti-HIV medicines. If you take more than the prescribed dose of REYATAZ, call your healthcare provider or poison control center right away. Can children take REYATAZ? REYATAZ has not been fully studied in children under 16 years of age. REYATAZ should not be used in babies under the age of 3 months. What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ? The following list of side effects is not complete. Report any new or continuing symptoms to your healthcare provider. If you have questions about side effects, ask your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider may be able to help you manage these side effects. The following side effects have been reported with REYATAZ: rash redness and itching ; sometimes occurs in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the medicine is started. Rashes usually go away within 2 weeks with no change in treatment. Tell your healthcare provider if rash occurs. yellowing of the skin or eyes. These effects may be due to increases in bilirubin levels in the blood bilirubin is made by the liver ; . Call your healthcare provider if your skin or the white part of your eyes turn yellow. Although these effects may not be damaging to your liver, skin, or eyes, it is important to tell your healthcare provider promptly if they occur. a change in the way your heart beats heart rhythm change ; . Call your healthcare provider right away if you get dizzy or lightheaded. These could be symptoms of a heart problem. diabetes and high blood sugar hyperglycemia ; sometimes happen in patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients had diabetes before taking protease inhibitors while others did not. Some patients may need changes in their diabetes medicine. if you have liver disease including hepatitis B or C, your liver disease may get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ. some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems with protease inhibitors like REYATAZ. changes in body fat. These changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck "buffalo hump" ; , breast, and around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known at this time. Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines include nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness; trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain. What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines * ? Do not take REYATAZ if you take the following medicines not all brands may be listed; tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take ; . REYATAZ may cause serious, life-threatening side effects or death when used with these medicines. Ergot medicines: dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and methylergonovine such as CAFERGOT, MIGRANAL, D.H.E. 45, ergotrate maleate, METHERGINE, and others used for migraine headaches ; . HALCION triazolam, used for insomnia ; . VERSED midazolam, used for sedation ; . ORAP pimozide, used for Tourette's disorder ; . PROPULSID cisapride, used for certain stomach problems ; . Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because of possible serious side effects: CAMPTOSAR irinotecan, used for cancer ; . CRIXIVAN indinavir, used for HIV infection ; . Both REYATAZ and CRIXIVAN sometimes cause increased levels of bilirubin in the blood. Cholesterol-lowering medicines MEVACOR lovastatin ; or ZOCOR simvastatin ; . 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