Health and Wellness Magazine • 25
FIVE WAYS TO AVOID AN INTERACTION
Read the prescription/package inserts for all medications
and supplements.
Use an interaction checker. (Sarah Anderson recommended Medscape's
http://reference.medscape.com/drug-interactionchecker)
Use one pharmacy for all prescriptions. This keeps your records
centralized and allows pharmacists to spot red flags.
Carry a current medication and dosage list.
Don't take medications prescribed to friends or family members.
Prescription drug use rose
from 51 percent to 59 percent
between 1999 and 2012, with
cholesterol, blood pressure and
anti-depressant medications all
having significant increases.
— Source: Journal of the
American Medical Association
