PHARMACIST Fi shares a fascinating medicine problem story, plus some Top Tips on ways to try to prevent that problem from happening.
Hi. how are you going? i hope you’re feeling as well as possible on your medicines. i’m pharmacist mr b’s shoulder pain had got a lot worse recently, so he asked his doctor for something to help reduce the pain. unfortunately mr b’s doctor was unaware that his apixaban (which is the medicine that could cause a stroke)
– That apixaban can interact with some medicines – like the naproxen the doctor prescribed to reduce his shoulder pain, and what this interaction did was to increase intestines, or brain. within a few days of mr b starting naproxen, he looked down and noticed quite a few bruises had formed on his legs,
Or falling. because mr b did not know that unexplained bruising or bleeding are possible side effects of both apixaban and naproxen, he did not think to contact the doctor about his bruises. instead, he came into the pharmacy to buy a cream to try to get rid of his leg bruises – but he did not realize that that cream
Might increase bruising is potentially a serious matter, so the pharmacist on duty at that pharmacy asked mr b what medicines he was taking, and as soon as he told her she immediately offered to call his doctor for him – to suggest the doctor advise mr b to stop taking naproxen immediately. mr b’s doctor
Agreed with the pharmacist’s suggestion and was very appreciative of the advice about the likely medicine interaction that had happened. but how could mr b have tried to prevent this medicine interaction from happening in the first place? you have never taken before, ask your pharmacist to run an interactions
Check for you on their medicines prescribed by a doctor, medicines from the supermarket or pharmacy, vitamins, minerals, herbal medicines or supplements, any products with alcohol, caffeine or grapefruit in them, things may interact with some medicines. the easiest way to give your pharmacist all this info, is
To lend your pharmacist your medicines, help you make a medicines, allergies and contacts list – of everything you take (including all the types of things i just mentioned in top tip #1), and keep your list updated, and show it to every doctor, specialist, dentist, nurse, or pharmacist avoid giving you any risky
Medicine interactions. you take, and read the section about side out for, and what to do about side effects if they happen. i’ll put links to videos into the description section below this video for you, to help you find out more about interactions, and making a medicines allergies and contacts list,
Take. thankfully, mr b’s medicine interaction medicine problems are best avoided before they happen (if possible), so i wish you all the very best as you follow these top tips to try to prevent medicine problems from happening to you! please click the subscribe and like buttons below this video if you’d like to see more
Of these medicine safety videos, and denver and i look forward to catching up with you again very soon
Transcribed from video
PHARMACIST Fi Medicine Safety Stories: WHAT WENT WRONG – Episode 2 – "A Bruising Interaction" By PHARMACIST Fi
