Re: Medicine Interactions, List will be On autopilot a day or 2

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Hi Kit, All

After a lot of looking around, I found a url which allowed me to setup a

free account for drug & medical information. Of course, when I book marked

it the bookmark just didn't happen. I can backtrack & find it, and then

either you or I can do a search for drug interactions on your laundry list.

Just off the top, I don't see anything that conflicts, except that you are

taking a number of drugs which all cause drowsiness, and can cause or

increase depression. But the Zoloft & caffeine, to the extent they work for

you, are hopefully counterbalancing that to some degree.

Most opioid-based pain medications have both hypnotic (sedating) effects,

which is an occupational hazard of having chronic pain, as well as

depressing effects. Long lists of meds like this make many doctors shudder

& become control freaks at the patient's expense. But multiple medications

are very often the only approach for complex, severe multiple diagnosis

patients, which most of us are.

I have a friend with a Pharm.D who agreed to help us on meds questions,

but he was unable to get subscribe due to a quirk in the ONElist system. He

will be available, & I will send him a copy of your post.

Your list of meds looks rather creative to me. In my case, a long list was

worked out over a number of years by compassionate & knowledgeable docs,

and some were suggested by myself & also the friend I mention. The only

problem I now have with meds is when a new or crusading doc tries to mess

with my list. This has been a big problem for other people in a pain group

I have conducted here in Las Vegas, usually because a doctor just didn't

want the responsibility of writing control drugs. For that reason I try

never to use emergency room or walk-in services. I am even getting some

flak right now from a good doc who prescribed many of the meds. He is now

so busy he doesn't remember!

For a day or so I may not be able to screen posts to our list (not feeling

too good) & have set the list to just send posts through. Of course I'll

get copies with my own mail, and I think we have a responsible group anyway

Will also follow up on the meds list when I back to feeling ok.

Best to everyone,

Ken

At 05:05 PM 5/13/98 +0000, you wrote:

>

>

>Ken and mentioned the large number of different drugs that they're on

>and Ken mentioned some time ago that there might be a doctor who can give

>us information.

>

>I, too am on many prescription drugs and would be very interested to know

>if any of them interact? Since I'm in Australia I've used the generic

>names (with ingredients listed if appropriate) with the brand name in

>parentheses:

>

>sodium valproate (Epilim) - 1000 mg daily

>sertraline hydrochloride (Zoloft) - 150 mg daily

>doxepin hydrochloride (Sinequan) - 50 mg daily at night

>ranitidine hydrochloride (Zantac) - 300 mg daily

>oxazepam (Murelax) - 30 mg for sleep as required

>oxycodone hydrochloride (Endone) - 10 mg for pain as required

>pancreatin (Viokase) - 6500 IU three times daily

>norethisterone (Primolut N) - 5 mg daily

>ergotamine tartrate 2 mg, caffeine hydrate 100 mg and

> cyclizine hydrochloride 50 mg (Migral) - 1 for migraines as required

>budesonide (Rhinocort) - 100 micrograms per nostril daily for inflammation

>beclomethasone dipropionate (Beconase) - for hayfever/allergies as req'd

>

>No ... it's not my shopping list! :-)

>So - does anyone know of any interaction problems with these?

>

>Kit.

>

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[Guest guest]

Hope you are feeling better in a jiffy Ken. Take care of yourself. margie

Turbin wrote: For a day or so I may not be able to screen posts

to our

list (not feeling

> too good) & have set the list to just send posts through. Of course I'll

> get copies with my own mail, and I think we have a responsible group anyway

> Will also follow up on the meds list when I back to feeling ok.

> Best to everyone,

> Ken