Tell your doctor if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without prescription
- heparin or other anticoagulants to thin the blood in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis, blood clots or after surgery
- antibiotics (e.g. clindamycin)
- Salicylic acid and related substances (e.g. Acetyl salicylic acid, aminosalicylic acid, diflunisal) medicine used against pain
- Anabolic steroids - used as replacement therapy androgens such as testosterone and mesterolone - used as replacement therapy.
- Corticosteroids such as prednisolone and methylprednisolone - steroids used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and certain skin conditions.
- anti-arrhythmic agents such as amiodarone and quinidine - medicines for an irregular heartbeat
- disulfiram - for alcohol dependence
- etacrynic acid or thiazide diuretics (“water tablets”) such as Bendroflumethiazide or metolazone - for water retention or high blood pressure
- tramadol - a strong pain killer
- tamoxifen - for breast cancer and fertility
- azathioprine - for organ transplantation, chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases
- Proton pump inhibitors (e.g. omeprazole)
- sulphonylureas such as tolbutamide, chlorpropamide and glibenclamide - oral medicines for diabetes
- plasminogen activators (e.g. urokinase; streptokinase and alteplase, thrombin inhibitors (e.g. argatroben) - medicines used to breakdown blood clots during heart stroke
- statins and other lipid lowering drugs such as fenofibrate, simvastatin or colestyramine - used to lower blood cholesterol levels
- Prokinetic agents (e.g. cisapride) - medicines used against HIV disease antacids (e.g. magnesium hydroxide) and viloxazine - medicine used against stomach acidity.
- antineoplastics such as mercaptopurine and 5-fluorouracil - for breast, gastrointestinal and skin cancer
- H2-agonists such as cimetidine or ranitidine - used to treat stomach or intestinal ulcers
- amino glutethimide - used to treat cancer or Cushing’s syndrome
- protease inhibitors such as ritonavir or indinavir - used to treat HIV
- barbiturates such as sodium amytal or Phenobarbital and carbamazepine - for epilepsy or to help you sleep
- oral contraceptives such as Femodene, Logynon and Cilest - for birth control
- rifampicin - medicine used against infection