FDA Data Mining Uncovers Harmful Drug Interaction -- InformationWeekFDA Data Mining Uncovers Harmful Drug Interaction - healthcare Blog

FDA Data Mining Uncovers Harmful Drug Interaction -- InformationWeekFDA Data Mining Uncovers Harmful Drug Interaction - healthcare Blog: "Tatonetti, a PhD candidate in 2012, was lead author of a study that appeared in May in the online version of the journal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics that found an interaction between the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil) and the cholesterol-lowering drug pravastatin (Pravachol) that could put patients at risk of developing diabetes. Taking the two drugs together, Tatonetti and fellow researchers from Stanford, Vanderbilt University, and Harvard University reported, could cause blood glucose levels to spike."