At Catholic Aging, one of the many things we attempt to do is to equip our community with tools that may not be well known. While any medication changes (adding, stopping, dosage modification) should only be done in consultation with your physician/nurse practitioner and/or pharmacist who knows you, you can start the research to have an effective conversation with them. In addition, you may be studious (a daughter-virtue of temperance) about the safety of medications without the intent to change.
We are glad to tell you about Medscape’s FREE Drug Interaction Checker. You can enter prescription medications, over-the-counter meds, and herbal supplements. It will advise you of medications to not mix and why.
Remember, always consult your physician/nurse practitioner and/or pharmacist – not because we are covering ourselves, but because it you want to avoid a poor health outcome. They will also be the ones helping you if there is an adverse reaction.
We do encourage you to try it out the checker; add your list of meds and see what it says!
Here is Medscape’s resource. Let us know if you use it. Note: checking a list of meds does not require you to create a free Medscape account, but seeking further info might.
