Posted by Bob on September 23, 1999, at 14:23:33
In reply to Re: Drug interaction (specifically Parnate or Nardil , posted by Mike on September 23, 1999, at 13:45:40
Laurie, who's your pharmacist?
If you use one of the larger chain drug stores, the all have these computer database systems that match your meds for known interactions. Geez--before my recent move, I was going to a Walgreens and boy howdy did their system have a hair trigger! It was red flagging pairs of meds for me on drug interactions that were, in a few cases, exactly the reason why my pdoc put me on those two meds!
It's just one more information source, to cross-check against any others. Your pdoc *should* know about interactions of psychotropics with commonly prescribed meds or common over-the-counter meds. So should your pharmacist. But these computer systems are a great safety net ... they may be billed as a consumer resource, but I'm sure they also cut their corporate legal expenses considerably as well. Every intercepted interaction means one less potential law suit.
Go to your pharmacist. Ask her to runs those ADs against your asthma/allergy meds and see what the computer spits out. If you go to a local, independent pharmacy without such a system, go to one of the chains ... ask if they'd run the check for you.
Cheers,
Bob
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