{"id":3680,"date":"2023-10-17T14:19:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happierathome.com\/dev_staging\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2023-10-17T14:19:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:19:33","slug":"important-questions-to-ask-your-pharmacist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happierathome.com\/dev_staging\/important-questions-to-ask-your-pharmacist\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Questions to Ask Your Pharmacist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Odds are that as a person ages, he will need to take medications and the number of the medications may increase as the age increases.\u00a0 Having a thorough understanding of medications can help to maximize the benefits while avoiding side effects or additional problems.\u00a0 Be sure to ask your pharmacist the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"1\">\n<li><strong>What is the medicine supposed to do?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand when the desired effects will occur and be sure to contact your doctor if it is not working.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How long will it take for it to start working?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>How should I use the medicine?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Know whether to take on an empty stomach or with meals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special instructions (Ex\/ rinsing your mouth after a steroid inhaler to avoid thrush and hoarseness)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoiding certain foods or alcohol\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ex\/ Grapefruit juice can cause too much or too little of a drug to enter your body (Some statins to lower cholesterol, blood pressure, antiarrhythmics, antihistamines)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>What side effects should I watch for?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Know what to do if they occur and how to lessen the side effects (Ex\/ eating with NSAIDS to avoid stomach problems)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>Is this medication safe to take with my other medications?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Are there any interactions that would contraindicate taking them together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be sure to inform the doctor of your supplements as well (Drug interaction checker:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reference.medscape.com\/drug-interactionchecker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/reference.medscape.com\/drug-interactionchecker<\/a>&nbsp;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Important Questions to Ask Your Pharmacist\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_At1lnVMM6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odds are that as a person ages, he will need to take medications and the number of the medications may increase as the age increases.\u00a0 Having a thorough understanding of medications can help to maximize the benefits while avoiding side effects or additional problems.\u00a0 Be sure to ask your pharmacist the following questions:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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