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Fri 08 Aug 2008Drug reaction alert after man's death
DOCTORS TREATING patients with acute illnesses should review whether the patients need to continue taking cholesterol-lowering medications during treatment because of the risk of the medication reacting with other drugs, an inquest jury has recommended.
The jury at the inquest into the death of John Devereux (58), a grandfather of three, heard that he died from a very rare case of rhabdomyolysis or muscle deterioration leading to kidney failure likely caused as a result of a toxic reaction between two drugs.
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