When I went back for my post-op check, the doc mentioned that he had gotten a "memo" about me. "Oh really?" I said. "Yes," he said - he got a memo that the pain med the nurse had called in for me (Ultram) could interact with my Flexeril and cause seizures. (LOVELY!!)
After that I went into this site and double-checked all the meds I'm on. I don't like being on meds, but at some point I had to accept the fact I'd need to take them for pain control. Luckily enough I found that the only med causing the interactions was Flexeril - a muscle relaxant I don't think works for me anyway. In fact it makes me feel kinda yucky. I think my solution will be to quit taking Flexeril.
This incident kind of scared me to think that such a drug interaction could happen so easily. I thought maybe the pharmacy would let me know, or the doc would call me and tell me to stop taking Ultram. Weird! I also Googled all the vitamins and herbs I'm on. The good news is the rest all seem to be fine.
Now I know why celebrities accidentally overdose on meds. Some celebrities will "doctor shop" and get meds from multiple docs, under multiple aliases from multiple pharmacies. So unsafe :-S At some point, I'll have to request more breakthrough meds from my family doc and then ALL my prescriptions will be with ONE doctor!
When I went back for my post-op check, the doc mentioned that he had gotten a "memo" about me. "Oh really?" I said. "Yes," he said - he got a memo that the pain med the nurse had called in for me (Ultram) could interact with my Flexeril and cause seizures. (LOVELY!!)
After that I went into this site and double-checked all the meds I'm on. I don't like being on meds, but at some point I had to accept the fact I'd need to take them for pain control. Luckily enough I found that the only med causing the interactions was Flexeril - a muscle relaxant I don't think works for me anyway. In fact it makes me feel kinda yucky. I think my solution will be to quit taking Flexeril.
This incident kind of scared me to think that such a drug interaction could happen so easily. I thought maybe the pharmacy would let me know, or the doc would call me and tell me to stop taking Ultram. Weird! I also Googled all the vitamins and herbs I'm on. The good news is the rest all seem to be fine.
Now I know why celebrities accidentally overdose on meds. Some celebrities will "doctor shop" and get meds from multiple docs, under multiple aliases from multiple pharmacies. So unsafe :-S At some point, I'll have to request more breakthrough meds from my family doc and then ALL my prescriptions will be with ONE doctor!