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atalanta | 16:18 Wed 29th Apr 2015 | Body & Soul
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What is the best website to check if any of your treatments is likely to interact or interfere with others ? I would hope to find information on prescribed treatments as well as supplements. For instance, I gather you should not take some minerals with some antibiotics.
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The only guaranteed way to get accurate information is to ask a pharmacist.

However googling 'NHS' together with the name of a drug often finds a page of relevant information.
for each drug X goggle

drug X side effects
drug X interactions


until you have either run our of the names of the drugs you are on or have run out of letters of the alphabet


for once I disagree with BC

there are some pretty large data banks out there.
>>>there are some pretty large data banks out there

Agreed - but they often require expert interpretation. For example, they might state that the drug you're seeking information on has an adverse reaction with a particular class of drugs. A pharmacist would instantly know whether another drug, which you're considering taking, falls within that class but it might not be obvious from the online information.
http://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.php This is an American site so some names of drugs might be a bit different
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I have looked at this website, and it looks brilliant. It does mention some vitamins and supplements, as well as some foods like grapefruit. I do bear in mind the differences in terminology, but the site does even pick up some of these. I shall certainly use it again. Thanks.

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