What over the counter medicine should I take? All of us have asked this question before. We want to know what is safe for us and what is harmful to us. So, I will reveal four dangerous mistakes people make at the pharmacy.

You need to make sure you go and visit your pharmacist and ask them any questions you need asked.

4 Over The Counter Medicine Mistakes:

1) You must make sure you never mix any pain pills with other blood thinner pills. The thing with this is that the pain pill could cause problems with your stomach. Lets say you already have a stomach ulcer and you take a blood thinner pill, therefore you don’t have a clot anymore, so the blood will start to leak through your stomach. So, to be safe, ask your doctor or pharmacist before taking anything.

2) Make sure you don’t mix any pain pills with diet pills

3) Don’t mix calcium and thyroid drugs together. You should take any thyroid medicine first thing in the morning and before you eat anything. Always take thyroid drugs at least four hours before taking calcium or any other medications. If you take calcium with your thyroid drugs together, they will combine so it will be difficult for the thyroid medication to be absorbed into your body properly.

4) Make sure you never mix blood pressure or diabetes drugs with decongestants. You need to remember some decongestants contain some sugar in them so they will effect your blood sugar levels and rise your blood pressure. In effect, what you are doing is you will not be receiving the benefit of taking blood pressure drugs.

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