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Most medications can be safely used with other medicines but particular combinations of medicines need to be monitored for interactions, often by the pharmacist.

Sometimes two or medications are used together to create an extra effect - e.g. two different pain killers to provide more complete pain control. These interactions are usually intentional but need to be monitored by the doctor because patients can end up with more effect than is actually required. Sometimes two or medications work against each other. These interactions are usually well-known and avoided unless both medicines are essential. Careful monitoring is used to prevent problems from the results of the interaction. Other interactions may cause one medicine to have less or more effect than expected and these are usually managed by a dosage adjustment.



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