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Some drugs have similar effects, while others have opposite effects. Some amplify the effect of another, while some negate others. This can vastly change how the drugs in question work or function in the body, and can alter what might happen as a result. People have died from bad interactions and had treatments fail because of them.

Knowing which drugs interact with which others is necessary to ensure this does not happen.

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