Re: Question about Endo & BP Medications
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Dec 13 15:27:22 2001
Becky,
Thank you for being so nice to me. I will note this and keep it close.
TY.
At Wed, 12 Dec 2001, rebecca wrote:
>
>Hi,
>The blood pressure tablet you have been given is a diuretic, it does not
>interact with your other medications.
>The Potassium supplement is given to replace that that you will loose
>due to increased urine output. However in Britain it is not common
>practice to give a supplement as it is rarely necessary, I would ask for
>a blood test to be done as you don't want to take more tablets than you
>have to.
>The doctor has prescribed you Skelaxin as a pain killer because you
>should not take anti-inflammatory pain killers e.g. Ibuprofen,
>mefanamic acid etc.. with the dirutetic or potassium. That is all the
>info I can find out though. Skelaxin is not liscenced for use in
>Britain, they have not published any interactions or warnings and there
>is no information about how it works, personally I would want to know
>more about it before taking it so I would advise speaking to your
>pharmacist, they will have a lot of information to give you.
>Hope this helps
>Becky
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