Drug Interaction Question: Is there a drug interaction chart to be checked before any prescription?
Each drug has a separate list of potential drug interactions. Certain specific drugs like heparin, coumadin, and certain antibiotics have lists of possible interactions. The best overall source is a good pharmacy text like Goodman and Gilman (The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics) or the Physicians Desk Reference. Drug Interaction Question: I have been taking 20 mg of Prozac daily for depression. Yesterday, my doctor prescribed 10 mg of Elavil at bedtime for fibromyalgia. Is this OK? Why didn t he just increase the Prozac since it is a serotonin reuptake inhibitor? Is there an interaction between Prozac and Elavil? Answer: Elavil has a different effect on sleep than the SRIs do. In particular, it increases Stage 4 sleep, necessary for deep muscle relaxation. SRIs do not produce this and may decrease Stage 4 sleep. This is the best current treatment for fybromyalgia – to increase muscle relaxation by increasing stage 4 sleep. Drug Interaction Question: I am interested in learning if
