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When it comes to your health, youu2019ll always want to be prepared (especially in these unprecedented times). Having your medicine cabinet stocked with the basics will keep you from a last-minute rush to the drug store and will allow you to be ready for the expected (and non-expected) speed bumps that life might throw at you.<br>Thatu2019s why itu2019s always important to consult a doctor or pharmacist before trying any new over-the-counter medications and adding them to your medicine cabinet stock. Read more: https://austinpaindoctor.com/the-medicine-cabinet-side-effects-expired-medicine-and-beyond
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March 3, 2021 / Pain Relief / Expired Medicine, Medications, Medicine Cabinet The Medicine Cabinet: Side-E몭ects, Expired Medicine and Beyond Y DR. MATT AG, PHARM D xpired medicine, ide effect, effectivene and more: our medicine cainet ma e packed full– ut i it with the right tuff? When it come to our health, ou’ll alwa want to e prepared (epeciall in thee unprecedented time). Having our medicine cainet tocked with the aic will keep ou from a latminute ruh to the drug tore and will allow ou to e read for the expected (and nonexpected) peed ump that life might throw at ou. A quick diclaimer: nood hould have anthing in their medicine cainet that the’re allergic to or that i contraindicated to them. That’ wh it’ alwa important to conult a doctor or pharmacit efore tring an new overthecounter medication and adding them to our medicine cainet tock. WHAT AR OM OTC MD THAT VRYON HOULD KP HANDY IN THIR MDICIN CAINT? ×
Bandaids and antibiotic ointments. Click To Chat With Us Now It’ uuall not if, ut when ou’ll need thee taple medicine cainet item. Allergy medication (Benadryl, Zyrtec, Claritin, Allegra). Thee are a great wa of taing prepared for when allerg eaon come or when an allergic reaction occur, ut there i a caveat. Although ued man, I don’t tpicall recommend “comination product,” meaning allerg medication like Claritin D, which contain oth the antihitamine and a decongetant. I think at all cot, eliminating an unnecear medication that could caue unwanted ide effect i a wie choice. The olution? Intead of getting a comination product like Claritin D, I recommend getting the two individual product within it: Claritin itelf, and a eparate naal decongetant. If ou are experiencing allerg mptom with congetion ou can take them together, ut if ou aren’t congeted, there’ no reaon to take an extra medication. Thi change doen’t onl keep our od from unneeded medication, ut it alo help our wallet from overpurchaing thoe price allerg med. Anti-in몭ammatories. Thi can include thing like Iuprofen and Aleve and i ued for in몭ammation, pain and headache. Gastrointestinal products. Thi can include thing like Tum a an antacid, and Imodium for an antidiarrheal to help with intetinal iue. Pill cutters. Alwa ak our doctor or pharmacit what pill ou can e cruhed. ome can’t e, ut nonethele, thee device are hand to have around. Measuring devices. Thi i epeciall hand if ou have children around. There are o man time that medication will a to ue a teapoon, a talepoon, or to meaure in milliliter, o it’ good to have an oral doing ringe or cup a a method of meauring out doage. Related: Advanced Rx: A Pharmac You Can Trut WHAT AR OM ID FFCT OF COMMONLY UD OTC DRUG? Rememer; mot overthecounter drug are not meant for everda ue unle our doctor i telling ou otherwie. Now here are ome ideeffect of ome common OTC drug:
For antiin몭ammatorie (Iuprofen, Aleve): ulcer and other tomach iue are common withFor antiin몭ammatorie (Iuprofen, Aleve): ulcer and other tomach iue are common with longterm ue of antiin몭ammatorie. Allerg medication are deigned from an OTC perpective, meaning the’re meant to e taken a a hortterm olution. Your doctor ma recommend that ou take an antihitamine for a long period during allerg eaon. That’ 몭ne ecaue the’re tpicall monitoring ou to make ure ou’re not having an iue with it. The prolem i, if ou’re uing it too often, ou could develop a perceived tolerance to it. Rotating rand could help comat thi, like witching to and from Claritin and Zrtec. Again, aide from peci몭c doctor recommendation that tate otherwie, thee medication houldn’t e ued dail for prolonged period. For other allerg medication like enadrl, a common ide effect with our elderl patient i alance iue and edation prolem, o enadrl need to e ued with caution, epeciall with enior citizen. With decongetant like udafed, or peudoephedrine, or phenlephrine product, man people take thee ever da. The prolem i that the can e dangerou, peci몭call for patient who have cardiovacular dieae or diaete, ecaue the caue an increaed heart rate, elevated lood preure, and lood ugar iue. All of thee iue further how wh peaking with our doctor or pharmacit efore adding thee medication i crucial. WHN DO OTC MD TOP ING FFCTIV? WHAT’ TH RLIAILITY OF THIR XPIRATION DAT? xpiration date are the et guide, o it’ important to tand them. For ome medication, expiration date indicate a decreaed effectivene in the expired medicine. For other, the expired medicine can go ad and e quite dangerou if ingeted after the expiration date. In liquid medication, preervative uuall give out after the medication reache it expir. In talet medication, it can e prett dangerou to inget them after the’ve expired. The et rule of thum i if ou hit the expiration date, jut get rid of the medication. HOW DO YOU GT RID OF XPIRD MDICIN? It’ a commonl aked quetion and one that ma eem different than what people have done for ear. People have een 몭uhing expired medicine down the toilet for ear, ut it’ not at all good for the environment. Man might not know that lot of pharmacie now have drug detruction oxe, ut that’ the et wa to dipoe of them. We have a drug detruction ox here at Advanced Rx, in which ou can drop off literall an tpe of expired medication, even if it’ not OTC and even if it wan’t precried our doctor. We make ure to depoit them in an environmentallfriendl wa, too!
If ou don’t want to deal with going to a pharmac for dipoing of expired medicine, ou canIf ou don’t want to deal with going to a pharmac for dipoing of expired medicine, ou can alo afel dipoe of them in our trah. Although it’ not the preferred method, it’ etter than 몭uhing it down the toilet. If ou are planning on getting rid of them in our home, cover it with omething like coffee ground or kitt litter to prevent other from eing ale to tamper with it. You can alo alwa go on the DA’ weite to 몭nd a drop ox in our area. WHAT MDICAL INTRACTION HOULD W AWAR OF? There are a lot of drug interaction out there, and proal too man to lit. That’ wh it’ alwa important to make ure that our pharmac know everthing ou’re taking. If ou’re uing two pharmacie, ou need to make ure oth pharmacie know what ou’re taking at the other repective pharmac, in oth the precried medicine and in the OTC one. Pharmacit will ue thi information when evaluating our drug regimen to enure there aren’t an dangerou drug interaction. One common drug interaction I will mention i antacid and throid medication and antiiotic. What happen i that the medication will ind to the antacid in our tomach, ou’ll get decreaed aorption, and the won’t work a well. Apirin can alo e ver dangerou from a drug interaction perpective if not ued correctl. ecaue it can increae our rik of leeding, if ou’re taking an lood thinner like Warfarin or Coumadin on top of our Apirin, ou can e at rik for a high amount of leeding. Rememer, our 몭rt tep in adding an new drug regimen i checking in with our pharmacit to make ure it’ afe. — Here at Advanced Rx, we know the importance of holitic wellne. We’ll encourage thoe to live a healthier lifetle on their own etalihing a wellalanced diet implementing more exercie into their dail routine. I’m a great example of thi. I ued to have orderline high choleterol and through change in diet and exercie, I wa ale to decreae m choleterol level afel. In doing thi, it’ll e important to alwa conult our doctor efore making change to an medication ou ma e uing when ou’re in the proce of making change to our lifetle. Related: The APC Difference: Our Multidiciplinar Approach to Patient Care HOW DO TH APC PHARMACY TAFF HLP PATINT NAVIGAT THIR MDICATION PLAN AND OTHR QUTION? We take into account all of the medication that patient are taking– including an OTC medication– and input them all into their medication pro몭le on the tem. Thi wa, our
computer can autocheck for drug interaction and can immediatel track an change in acomputer can autocheck for drug interaction and can immediatel track an change in a patient’ medication uage. A far a communication, we alwa enure our patient can get the et treatment and couneling through their journe to a painfree life. It’ a imple a that. We can eail ring up information and help guide patient to the et poile trajector. — When it come to our medicine cainet, it’ important to get a igger picture view of how different medication can interact together if ou’re not careful. A alwa, conulting with our doctor i the et wa to know what medication are et for ou and which one ou hould avoid. We alwa enure our client achieve the et medical reult without having to uffer. It’ never too late to eek guidance on how to ue our medication in the et poile wa to promote our health and welleing. Reach out to u toda to egin our journe to a painfree life.
