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Your physical environment, social life and lifestyle have as much an influence on your biology − and hence, how you process drugs − as your genes.
Grapefruit juice, a health food staple, can interact with statins, rheumatoid arthritis drugs and psoriasis treatments.
The herbal supplement, which is commonly used to boost mood, can potentially reduce the efficacy of certain common prescription drugs.
In the majority of cases, medications help patients. But even when treatment of individual illnesses is effective, treatment as a whole can become problematic.
Taking a medicine with alcohol can increase effects like sedation, poor hand and eye coordination, dizziness and poor judgement.
Health care has traditionally focused on prescribing medications, with little focus on when to stop them. But pills and potions can add up over time and do more harm than good.
Antidepressants are prescribed for anxiety or depression but are also used in chronic pain and incontinence. When you get a respiratory infection, it’s important to avoid dangerous interactions.
Don’t be intimidated by the package insert that comes with your medication. Learning how to read it can help you better understand how drugs work.
Some of the prescription medications you’re taking may not mix with over-the-counter drugs.
Drinking alcohol with some medicine means they may not work so well. With others, you risk a life-threatening overdose.
Drugs can interact with one another in ways that are harmful. A study finds that taking oxycodone with certain SSRIs can make an opioid overdose more likely.
The same dose of a drug can have varying degrees of effectiveness and safety depending on how well the liver can metabolize it.
A panel of experts has urged caution regarding paracetamol during pregnancy. But that doesn’t change current advice to discuss pain relief with your doctor or pharmacist.
More than 47 million people age 65 and older live in the US, and many need help accessing health care. Here are some questions that grown children should ask their parents’ doctors.
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