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 | Are there any interactions with Cholestin?
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|  Cholestin is a nutritional supplement made from red yeast rice. Although claims about the supplement are controversial, some people believe that it reduces cholesterol in the blood by stopping an enzyme that makes cholesterol.There is no reliable drug interaction information for Cholestin. However, the active ingredient, lovastatin, is known to interact with many medicines. Examples of such drugs include: gemfibrizol (brand name Lopid), cyclosporine (Neoral), erythromycin (Ery-Tab, E.E.S., or Eryc), fluconazole (Diflucan), itraconazole (Sporanox), ketoconazole (Nizoral), nefazodone (Serzone), and niacin (Nicobid or Niaspan). Sources:
Cholestin product information, Pharmanex Inc., 1999.
Anon. "California Company Agrees to Change Cholestin Label," Drug Topics Archive. February 2, 1998.
Anon. "FDA Determines Cholestin to be an Unapproved Drug," Food and Drug Administration Talk Paper, May 20, 1998. This answer prepared 5/2/00.
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