WE CARE ABOUT DRUG INTERACTION, SO WE NEED TO KNOW SOME FREQUENT AND COMMON INTERACTION. THE FOLLOWING ARE:
1. Aspirin should not be taken with certain gout medications because it can change uric acid levels in the blood and make a gout attack worse.
2. Antibiotics. Some forms of these infection-fighting drugs can lose their power if combined with antacids (i.e., Mylanta, Maalox, Tums) or other products containing calcium.
3. The antibiotic like rifampin has been found to decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills.
4. Probenecid (Benemid), a drug used to treat gout, can increase blood levels of several different types of antibiotics.
5. Newer antidepressants known as SSRIs, such as fluoxetine (Prozac) and paroxetine (Paxil), shouldn't be mixed with older mood-lifters known as MAOIs (such as phenelzine).This combination can cause serotonin syndrome, a potentially life-threatening condition characterized by muscle rigidity, fever, high blood pressure and heart rate, confusion, and even coma.
6. Bronchodilators. The popular drug albuterol (Proventil HFA, Ventolin HFA) can cause dangerous spikes in blood pressure if combined with MAOIs or tricyclic antidepressants such as nortriptyline.
7. Heart drugs known as nitrates can trigger dangerously low blood pressure if taken with the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil (Viagra).
8. The combination of the blood pressure medication atenolol (Tenormin) and some calcium channel blockers (especially verapamil) can cause a potentially dangerous reduction in heart rate.
1. Aspirin should not be taken with certain gout medications because it can change uric acid levels in the blood and make a gout attack worse.
2. Antibiotics. Some forms of these infection-fighting drugs can lose their power if combined with antacids (i.e., Mylanta, Maalox, Tums) or other products containing calcium.
3. The antibiotic like rifampin has been found to decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills.
4. Probenecid (Benemid), a drug used to treat gout, can increase blood levels of several different types of antibiotics.
5. Newer antidepressants known as SSRIs, such as fluoxetine (Prozac) and paroxetine (Paxil), shouldn't be mixed with older mood-lifters known as MAOIs (such as phenelzine).This combination can cause serotonin syndrome, a potentially life-threatening condition characterized by muscle rigidity, fever, high blood pressure and heart rate, confusion, and even coma.
6. Bronchodilators. The popular drug albuterol (Proventil HFA, Ventolin HFA) can cause dangerous spikes in blood pressure if combined with MAOIs or tricyclic antidepressants such as nortriptyline.
7. Heart drugs known as nitrates can trigger dangerously low blood pressure if taken with the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil (Viagra).
8. The combination of the blood pressure medication atenolol (Tenormin) and some calcium channel blockers (especially verapamil) can cause a potentially dangerous reduction in heart rate.
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