Prevent Possible Drug Interactions
- Thursday, December 3, 2009, 1:59
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Some of the drug interactions can be dangerous and life threatening too.
How to avoid such drug interactions?
Follow only the prescribed drugs since they are the only medications that save your lives many times. Thousands of pharmaceutical industries have flourished over the past four-five decades and hence the new medications that have a best positive impact on the health have been produced continuously. But, we must be careful while using them or else we will surely land up in a life threatening situation due to serious drug interactions.
Make sure that you read all the details regarding the composition and the method of taking the drug before you take the drug. Better is to consult a pharmacist regarding the procedure of taking it. Most of the times you can find the information about the composition over the label pasted on the product.
There are some depressant drugs for which the alcohol consumption is dangerous due to the overdose of the drug and its sedative properties. Some of the blood thinning drugs should not be combined with the medications like alcohol or aspirin since they are also capable of thinning the blood significantly.
Normally OTC and flu medicines tend to minimize or increase the effectiveness of the prescribed medicines. So, it is better not to take this OTC and flu medicines when you are ill, suffering from cold or flu. These OTC medicines should be taken under proper prescription and with extreme caution. Some of the medications such as blood pressure drugs can over react with the cold medicines thus resulting in a serious health conditions.
Never try to share your prescription and medications with your friends and family persons who are having the same problem since medications for the same health problem differs due to the difference in age, body type etc.
Check for the expiry date of the drug. Taking antibiotics and Phenobarbital reduces the effectiveness of the birth control pills. If that is the case, consult your physician, discus with him and ask for the drug alternative or the changes in your food habits that needs to be altered by you under the guidance of your doctor.
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