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What Causes Ataxia?
wondering if what i have..male 34 yrs old had heart attack last year taking crestor 40mg and multi-vit and vit B...now my indirect bilirubin count is 27 and ataxia dizzyness from sitting to standing and moving around...wondering what could be causing this.
Thu, 24 Jul 2014
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as you are using lipid lowering drugs with multi vitamins...it might be due to drug drug interaction.you should do full blood count with peripheral smear to exclude any blood disorder as bilirubin is raised so some kind of hemolysis is going which may be auto immune.youmy diagnosis might be the following1,low blood pressure may cause it2anemias3cereberrar disorders....
as you are using lipid lowering drugs with multi vitamins...it might be due to drug drug interaction.you should do full blood count with peripheral smear to exclude any blood disorder as bilirubin is raised so some kind of hemolysis is going which may be auto immune.youmy diagnosis might be the following1,low blood pressure may cause it2anemias3cereberrar disorders....
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