Multiple medicines will have different reaction with other medicines. It is very essential for your doctor and pharmacist to monitor all the medicines you take before prescribing/giving a new medicine.
Normally doctors will ask for your medicines you are already taking before giving newer one. However in case you have changed your doctor or your doctor did not ask for it, it is the pharmacist who will need to take care of this.
An except from http://www.fda.gov/drugs/developmentapprovalprocess/developmentresources/druginteractionslabeling/ucm110632.htm#Preventing Drug Interactions which describes steps to minimize interaction.
Normally doctors will ask for your medicines you are already taking before giving newer one. However in case you have changed your doctor or your doctor did not ask for it, it is the pharmacist who will need to take care of this.
An except from http://www.fda.gov/drugs/developmentapprovalprocess/developmentresources/druginteractionslabeling/ucm110632.htm#Preventing Drug Interactions which describes steps to minimize interaction.
First, taking a good medication history is essential. The "AVOID Mistakes" mnemonic presented on the next slide can help health care practitioners to develop good habits when performing this task.
Second, it is essential that physicians develop an understanding of which patients are at risk for drug interactions. Of course any patient taking 2 medications is at some risk. Studies show that the rate of adverse drug reactions increases exponentially in patients taking 4 or more medications.1 Importantly, some categories of drugs are especially at high risk for interactions. These categories include anticonvulsants, antibiotics, and certain cardiac drugs such as digoxin, warfarin, and amiodarone.
Third, any time a patient is taking multiple drugs, we recommend that the first step be to check a readily available pocket reference, recognizing that the interaction may not be listed and a more complete search may be required.
Fourth, consult other members of the health care team. Depending upon the practice setting, this may be a clinical pharmacologist, a hospital pharmacist, a specially trained office staff nurse, or the nearby pharmacist in community practice.
Fifth, use one of the computerized databases available. Up-to-date databases are maintained by gsm.com and epocrates.com, and others.* The latter can be placed on a hand-held computer (e.g. Palm Pilot) and can be configured to automatically update each time you synchronize with the desktop computer. The Medical Letter Drug Interaction Program is inexpensive and updated quarterly.*
In cases where users want to make sure that all their medicines are properly checked, they should try to use single source for getting their medicines.
PS: If you are in Bedford, Euless or Hurst in Texas and looking for a pharmacy with this facility you can check some details at http://www.trailcreekpharmacy.com/pharmacy-drug-interaction-monitoring
Trail creek Pharmacy (a pharmacy for Bedford, Euless, Hurst Tx) has been running multiple such programs to educate users about the importance of knowing the interaction between different medication before taking such medicines. In case you are switching your doctor or taking different medicines from different doctors, it is always recommended to let the doctors and you pharmacist know about your current medicine. This will help them prescribe medicines based on your current medicines and their interaction with different medicines.
Trail creek Pharmacy (a pharmacy for Bedford, Euless, Hurst Tx) has been running multiple such programs to educate users about the importance of knowing the interaction between different medication before taking such medicines. In case you are switching your doctor or taking different medicines from different doctors, it is always recommended to let the doctors and you pharmacist know about your current medicine. This will help them prescribe medicines based on your current medicines and their interaction with different medicines.
