Drugstores, both the mail-order and walk-in kind, use software that warns patients of drug interactions.
It was expected to be a big seller but was found to have dangerous drug interactions.
Putting kids on multiple drugs could put them at risk for drug interactions and side effects, they say.
Saldana , an emergency physician in Dallas who has used ePocrates since it started up three years ago, mainly to check for drug interactions.
Shipping is free in the U.S. The site also provides an online encyclopedia with sections such as general health concerns, herbal remedies, and drug interactions.
These systems, which do things like automatically checking for adverse drug interactions and dosage levels, are being deployed in hospitals nationwide and may significantly reduce errors.
Mobile medical apps for smart phones and iPads are already allowing doctors to order lab tests and meds and residents are using them to look up drug interactions.
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"Lexapro is a welcomed treatment option because it offers many patients relief from depression symptoms quickly, with few side effects and a low risk of drug interactions, " Gorman said.
Drugstores use software that warns patients of drug interactions.
To date, no drug has been approved in its leaf form because plants contain a complex composition of compounds with uncertain pharmacologies, metabolisms, side-effect profiles, toxicologies, drug interactions, and no control of relative concentrations.
While red yeast rice has no known drug interactions and fewer side effects than statins, it could theoretically interfere with other medications and should be avoided by women who are pregnant or nursing and people with severe liver or kidney disease.
Girl Scout Troop develops non-pharmaceutical remedy for sleeplessness in senior citizens: When faced with the challenge of alleviating insomnia without complicated drug interactions, The Atomic Flying Pickles, a FIRST Lego League team of 6th grade Girl Scouts hailing from Los Alamos, New Mexico , came up with a novel idea.
The problem for regulators, though, is that interactions between drug company sales representatives and doctors occur behind closed doors--and just because a doctor is prescribing a medicine for an unapproved use doesn't mean the drug firm suggested that he do so.
Daniel Schultz, the FDA's chief device regulator, says new medical devices don't need the large-scale exhaustive trials of the drug industry because it is easier to predict the behavior of a machine than it is to track the chemical interactions of a new drug in the body.
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