Fatal Combination Drugs Affects
Reluctance to consult a doctor when there are disturbance disease makes people tend to treat their own illness by buying OTC drugs. This can be dangerous because of the risk we are taking the drug with other drugs.
In some cases, a combination of two or more drugs is required. But the wrong combination can be fatal. Here are some combinations of drugs that could potentially poison the body.
SSRIs + Opioids
(antidepressant + pain reliever)
Some types of antidepressants work by increasing levels of hormones "happy" or serotonin in the brain. Most painkillers also have a similar effect, so that the result is too feel happy. Serotonin levels that are too high can cause loss of consciousness, the body temperature rises, heart rate and breathing increase.
Opioids + Benzodiazepines
(pain reliever + anti-anxiety drugs)
Both medicines work to suppress the feeling of depression and excessive anxiety. But both kinds of these pills also decrease the heart rate and breathing, sometimes too much.
Statins + Fluconazole
(cholesterol-lowering drugs antifungal +)
Those who suffer from fungal infections would have been familiar with the drug with the generic name fluconazole. Meanwhile, statins are the type most widely prescribed drugs doctors so the combination of these two drugs are very likely to occur. If that happens, the side effects include muscle weakness or damage to the kidneys.
Benzodiazepines Opioids + + carisoprodol
(antinyeri + + anticemas muscle relaxants)
Most doctors understand the drug combination can be lethal. But there is the possibility of patients received these drugs in the adjacent from different doctors or buy their own. It is therefore important for us to mention the medications your doctor about what is our consumption.
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