Drug Interactions

By David Mendosa

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Knowing about drug interactions is particularly important for people with diabetes, since we are likely to be taking quite a few of these pills. Personally, I am taking 25 different ones. That's not because I am so sick, but rather because I want to stay well. Only one is a prescription.

Drug interaction sites, like everything else on the Internet, come and go. Some of the best at this time include:

1. A hard-to-find tool on Drugstore.com. But its Drug Interactions database is easy to use once you find it.
2. Another site, Drugs.com, includes a Drug Interactions Checker.
3. Drug Digest has a another good site to Check Interactions.

If you do find interactions, be sure to discuss them with your doctor before discontinuing any prescription.