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How combining medications for side effects can create new risks

My birth control makes me nauseous so I take it with Dramamine every day but I never asked anyone if this combination is safe.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The impulse to solve one pharmaceutical problem with another creates cascading chains of unknown consequences.

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“Where Are You with Drug interactions and medication safety?”

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