however, there are times when you have to take it a step further.

Many of us take more than one medication, in my case up to five different kinds daily. I have found that reading up on the med manufacturer's web sites and listing all common and rare side effects is crucial to my well being. By comparing s/e's I've found that each med alone or a few combined don't create new side effects but when you add that last ONE into the mix, well alarms start sounding. It's that combo of meds that can become a real and true problem.

At that point, when adding any new med, read very carefuly about it's s/e's and be super alert for new problems. Then call the new med's mfr. They have to record your 'adverse incident' by law. If we don't tell them of the problems no one will know. Some doc's usually do not report these problems as they should so it's up to us!

I will definitely check out that site, it'd be interesting to see how many others are on combinations that I call 'toxic mixes'. - j