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Went to a minor emergency clinic to treat a sinus infection before I left town last weekend. Got a steroid shot and a script for an antibiotic. I asked the dr. if the antibiotic would affect my inr and she said no. She prescribed 3 pills of Zithromax. I waited a couple of days to start the antibiotic to see if I could go without. I took one Sun. night and then spent the rest of the night in the bathroom. When I felt better the next morning, I looked up side effects for that med and was surprised to find that you are supposed to have your inr checked every other day if you take it. I called my dr and told him what I had taken and that I wasn't going to take anymore because it made me so sick. He said not to worry about the inr after one dose and to come in as soon as I get back in town. (1 wk) So, moral of the story, double check for interactions and don't take anyone's word. Even if you feel like crap and are trying to pack to go out of town.
Heck it is their job to know the interaction of drug-drug. Sometimes the Dr does not know of the drugs we take.
Take care...
My primary is exceptional at checking on drug interactions with warfarin and I always let her know if one of my other doctors has put me on something (I've seen a lot of specialists) and we usually agree on an INR draw schedule if there is a possibility of an interaction.
I also always check with the pharmacist when I pick up the medicine. I make them pull up the list of everything I am taking and then specifically ask if the new drug will interact with any of them ... especially the warfarin.
Anyway ... love pharmacists ... love my primary ... but sometimes you still have to stay on top of making sure you're not doing anything to compromise your health.
The pharmacist made a much bigger deal out of it. I personal don't like this pharmacist being she wasn't proactive with calling doctor right away to get a different antibiotic prescript she wanted me not to take any antibiotic which is a much bigger deal to me. I don't have an immune system to fight that type of bug and if you let the bug take over it is a much longer fight for me could lead into Kidney infection.
There is also a search engine I checked out a long time ago that can look up interactions. i think it's called Pillbox? Keep in mind, it's just an internet database!
Hope your trip goes well.