Why should you ask a patient prescribed a "statin" drug for hyperlipidemia about his or her daily alcohol consumption?
A) Alcohol increases the action of most statin drugs and can lead to side effects.
B) Statin drugs increase the action of alcoholic beverages causing a person to feel drunk only after two drinks.
C) Taking a statin and consuming more than two alcoholic drinks per day is stressful on the liver.
D) Alcohol interferes with the action of statin drugs so the prescriber must order a much higher dose.
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