Aside from your doctor, the best person to give you advice about medications is your pharmacist. If you’re coming down with a cold and need ...
Continue ReadingArm Yourself This Cold Season – Best Cold Medicines and Ingredients
Aside from your doctor, the best person to give you advice about medications is your pharmacist. If you’re coming down with a cold and need some relief, the pharmacist is the most readily available and qualified person to give you advice on which over the counter medicines to choose. Depending on your unique condition and the medications you are on, your doctor or pharmacist might advise against using certain over the counter medicines.
For example, if you have high blood pressure, you probably already know that over the counter decongestants aren’t safe for you to take because of the way they constrict blood vessels. If you have high blood pressure and suffering with a cold or allergies, your doctor may prescribe something safe for you, or tell you of an over the counter alternative. With high blood pressure, the over the counter decongestants that you should be avoiding are anything with ephedrine, naphazoline, phenylephrine, pseudoephedrine and oxymetazoline.
