Posions and pills

[Steff]

When it says on the back of a packet of pills please check with a doctor before you use if your diabetic and you dont check and go ahead and take is that a bad thing?

Thanks.

 

[Flutterby]

Depends what it is really.......

 

[Caroline]

Some things clash with the diabetic medication and some has lots of sugar in it. If you are buying it in a chemist with a proper pharmacy (opposed to off the shelf in the supermarket) check with the pharmacists. If he or she can't help then see your doctor or give NHS Direct a call.

In some cases the stuff is OK and in some cases it is not, so it pays to seek advice.

 

[Steff]

Depends what it is really.......

its nurofen cold and flu pills

 

[AlisonM]

Steff, you should always check with either the doctor, or the pharmacist before taking anything. I'd ask the pharmacist because he or she will probably know more than the doctor. It's a common problem in people who are on a range of different meds, some of them may not mix well with the others and that goes for over the counter things as well as prescribed ones. It's a lesson I've learned well over the years. Nowadays, I don't take anything without asking a lot of questions first, but even then you can have problems.

 

[margie]

Sometimes the warning is there because the medicine can cause higher or lower blood sugar and you might need to modify your medication.

 

[Northerner]

You also need to be careful about herbal remedies - these often have more powerful active ingredients than the more conventional drugs.

 

[Lauren]

In my pharmacy shop course I was taught that anything with a decongestant in it could potentially cause a change in sugar levels as they work by expanding blood vessels. Or something like that.