Professional Medical Expert Witness Warns Against Drug Interactions

Nachman Brautbar, M.D., a trusted provider of forensic medicine support services, is warning the public against the dangers of drug interactions.

Los Angeles, CA (prHWY.com) March 7, 2013 - Los Angeles, California (February 13, 2013) - Nachman Brautbar, M.D., a trusted provider of forensic medicine support services, is warning the public against the dangers of drug interactions. The professional medical expert witness has done extensive research on medications, food supplements, industrial chemicals, and alcohol to determine the adverse effects of people taking two or more drugs at the same time.

In pharmacology, drug interaction refers to the possibility of one drug altering the effects of another. The effect of taking these together will produce a new reaction, which is not present in either drug alone. Medicines that are usually involved in this event include those prescribed for mental depression, psychotic disturbances, anxiety, and sleeping problems. If these mix together with alcohol, cimetidine, metropolol, and other medication, drug interaction occurs.

The incidence affects approximately 20% of patients taking more than five kinds of medicine, which is referred to as polypharmacy. Dr. Brautbar has encountered a patient suffering from cardiac arrhythmia because halogenated hydrocarbons and ephredine interacted inside the body. In another case, a patient became involved in a car collision due to a seizure-like activity. This was traced to the mixing of antidepressants, sleep medication, pain relievers, allergy pills, and Prilosec for stomach irritation.

Much like their traditional counterparts, herbal and food supplements can also cause drug interaction. Ginseng, for example, is used to increase energy and stamina. However, the increase in blood pressure and heart rate it causes might interfere with the effects of the anti-clotting drug Coumadin.

To avoid any complications, Dr. Brautbar strongly recommends that patients be open with their doctors about the medication that they are taking or are planning to take along with prescription drugs. For more information, visit www.EnvironmentalDiseases.com.

About Nachman Brautbar, M.D.

Dr. Brautbar is a board-certified internist and nephrologist who offers forensic and expert witness testimony services. The doctor specializes in forensic toxicology, where the usage of drugs, alcohol, and poisons in the body fluids are analyzed to determine different causations. These findings are then used as hard evidence in a court of law.

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