Tell your doctor if you are taking,
- propofol, ketamine, propanidid, lignocaine and procaine (used during surgery such as pain killers (morphine, pethidine and pancuronium) or drugs to reverse their effects (called morphine antagonists)
- donepezil, galantamine and tetrahydroaminoacridine (tacrine hydrochloride) (used to treat alzheimer's disease)
- ecothiophate eye drops (used to treat glaucoma)
- chloroquine or quinine (used to treat malaria)
- terbutaline, bambuterol (used for treating asthma and other breathing conditions)
- metoclopramide (used to treat and prevent feeling or being sick)
- cyclophosphamide, chlorethamine, tretamine and thiotepa (used for treating cancer)
- phenelzine, lithium, chlorpromazine or promazine (used for mental problems)
- magnesium (laxatives or antacids)
- medicines containing oestrogens
- steroids (used for inflammatory conditions e.g. rheumatism)
- oxytocin (used to contract the womb)
- non-penicillin antibiotics e.g. clindamycin, polymyxins, and aminoglycosides, vancomycin, piperacillin (used for infection)
- angina or high blood pressure such as beta-blockers, verapamil, digoxin, procainamide or quinidine (used to treat disturbances in heartbeat rhythm (antiarrhythmic drugs)
- aprotinin (used to reduce bleeding)
- neostigmine, pyridostigmine, physostigmine and edrophonium (used to treat myasthenia gravis)
- trimetaphan (used to control your blood pressure during surgery)
- azathioprine (that can affect the way your body fights disease - immunosuppressants)
- medicines used to stop your body rejecting a transplanted organ or for ‘auto-immune’ diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis
- SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) (used to treat depression and/or anxiety including fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, citalopram, escitalopram