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Prescription & Natural Medication Links

Aug 22^nd 2008

Cardiovascular disease is a complex, lifelong condition that requires, at times, complex therapy, both technological and medical. Additionally, many patients have multiple risk factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes that also require complex medical treatments. Almost all patients will be on multiple medications. Understanding your medications is important and can help assure that your treatment is both effective and safe. These are some links to sites from which you can get information regarding medications. Some provide information on supplements and natural medicines

Please be aware that all medications have potential side effects and interactions. If you feel that any of the information you obtain on your medications indicates this as a potential problem you should ask your physician about it before changing any medication without advice.

Medline Plus
This site is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. You can search by both generic and brand name. Information on warnings and recall is provided. There is also an encyclopedia and dictionary.

Drugs at FDA
This site is sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and allows searching for drugs by brand and generic names.

Heart Health Online
This site is also sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and allows searching for medications by class such as “Beta Blockers”

Safe Medication
This site is sponsored by the American society of Health System Pharmacists. Information of over 800 medications is available with an emphasis on the safety aspects of medicines used in treatments.

Health Touch
This site provides information not only on prescription medications but also vitamins, supplements and natural medications. It is a good site to check whether your prescription medications might have an interaction with nonprescription medications and “natural” therapies.