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...know that they are allergic to it, or who inadvertently create toxic combinations by taking different drugs concurrently. The FDA's proposed "MedGuides" would alert people to such common hazards as taking the allergy medicine Seldane with the antibiotic erythromycin, or from simultaneously taking digitalis and the heart medicine Cardizem. Opponents of the bill say doctors, drug companies and pharmacists can monitor the hazards adequately without new regulations. "Most people are certainly already aware of the potential for interaction between two or more prescription drugs," says TIME's Alice Park. "Physicians and pharmacists are also aware of such conflicts...
...know that they are allergic to it, or who inadvertently create toxic combinations by taking different drugs concurrently. The FDA's proposed "MedGuides" would alert people to such common hazards as taking the allergy medicine Seldane with the antibiotic erythromycin, or from simultaneously taking digitalis and the heart medicine Cardizem. Opponents of the bill say doctors, drug companies and pharmacists can monitor the hazards adequately without new regulations. "Most people are certainly already aware of the potential for interaction between two or more prescription drugs," says TIME's Alice Park. "Physicians and pharmacists are also aware of such conflicts...
...ambitions, shareholders of SmithKline Beckman, developer of the anti-ulcer drug Tagamet, last week approved a merger with London's Beecham Group, which has built strong European markets. One week earlier Dow Chemical agreed to merge its Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals subsidiary with Marion Laboratories, whose chief prescription drug is Cardizem, an angina treatment. In the afterglow of the Time-Warner marriage and other such deals, companies in many industries may gain greater confidence to embark on friendly combinations...
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