CVS Caremark’s retail division, CVS/pharmacy, has announced the launch of a feature on its CVS Mobile app that allows users to check potential drug interactions between over-the-counter and ...

When your doctor writes a prescription, she is supposed to know everything else you are taking and check that the new medication won’t interact. Long ago, doctors and pharmacists had to look the ...

The MPR Mobile drug database with Drug Interactions Checker is available to healthcare professionals as a free download for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android. New and current users of MPR Mobile ...

The probability of drug interactions increases when genetic polymorphisms are considered, indicating that pharmacogenetic assessment may be useful in predicting the presence and severity of ...

Background: Failure to detect significant drug interactions may result in adverse outcomes. While proper screening and management of drug interactions can prevent the majority of adverse events, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My wife was recently discharged after a lengthy hospital stay with multiple diagnoses. Most of her issues were treated medically and resulted in six new medications from four different ...

A drug interaction happens when a substance affects how a drug behaves in the body. Some substances that can cause interactions include other drugs, supplements, food, and alcohol. Drug interactions ...

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