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Drug interaction

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drug in·ter·ac·tion (ntr-kshn)
n.
The pharmacological result, either desirable or undesirable, of drugs interacting with themselves or with other drugs, with endogenous chemical agents, with components of the diet, or with chemicals used in or resulting from diagnostic tests.

Drug interaction
A chemical or physiological reaction that can occur when two different drugs are taken together.
Mentioned in: Interactions

drug interaction Psychiatry The effects of 2 or more drugs when coadministered, resulting in altered effects of either drug taken alone; the drugs may have a potentiating or additive effect and serious side effects


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It covers all prescription drugs and produces monographs, overviews, drug comparisons and drug interaction reports.
The service provides information on more than 28,000 of the latest pharmaceutical products, raising the quality and efficiency of the work of medical practitioners and pharmacists through an extensive range of functions such as package insert search, drug interaction check, and disease name-related checks.
Drug interaction warning: Saquinavir/ritonavir and rifampin, 2005-02-08
 
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