Why should you ask a patient prescribed a statin lipid-lowering drug about his 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 intoxicated very quickly
C. Taking a statin and consuming more than two alcoholic drinks per day increases the risk of liver toxicity
D. Alcohol interferes with the action of statin drugs so the ordered dose must be much higher than usual