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Blood-Viscosity Reducing Drugs: Interactions
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Blood-viscosity reducing drugs may interact with a other medicines, changing the effects of one or both of the drugs or increasing the risk of side effects. Anyone who takes blood-viscosity reducing drugs should let the physician know all other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines he or she is taking. Among the drugs that may interact with blood-viscosity reducing drugs are:
- anticoagulants such as warfarin (Coumadin)(also called blood thinners or clot inhibitors)
- calcium channel blockers such as diltiazem (Cardizem), used to treat high blood pressure
- angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors such as enalapril (Vasotec), used to treat high blood pressure
- theophylline (Theo-Dur)
- medicines such as cimetidine (Tagamet), taken for ulcers or heartburn
[Article by: Nancy Ross-Flanigan]
— Nancy Ross-Flanigan
