Drug Interaction Checker

Find out if your medicines are safe to take together.

1 Add each medicine you take: the brand on the box or the medicine inside it.
2 We check every pair, including each ingredient of combination medicines.
3 See what could happen and what to do, in plain language.

Your medicines

Take these together with care

We found interactions that usually need care rather than stopping a medicine. Your doctor may adjust a dose or check on you more often.

1 Moderate 1 pair checked

1 interaction

Nic Nicotine Heparin Sodium

Moderate

This part of the Heparin Sodium leaflet doesn't mention nicotine at all, so it gives no information about taking the two together. The passage is about other medicines. It says that if Multiparin is given with warfarin or dicumarol, blood should be drawn for the clotting test (prothrombin time) only after a gap. That gap is at least 5 hours after the last dose into the vein, or 24 hours after the last dose under the skin. It then lists medicines that affect platelets, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, indomethacin, dipyridamole and hydroxychloroquine. The text is cut off partway through that list. Nicotine isn't named in the passage, so I can't say from this text whether there is an interaction. If you use nicotine (cigarettes, patches or gum) and are on heparin, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

What should I do?

These medicines are often taken together with some care. Your doctor may change a dose, space them apart or check on you more often. Make sure your doctor and pharmacist know you take both.

Feeling unwell after taking your medicines? For an emergency call 999. For free advice from a doctor, call the 16263 health line (Shasthya Batayon), any time.

What do Major, Moderate and Minor mean?

Major

The combination can cause serious harm or stop a medicine from working. Usually avoided, or only used with close medical supervision.

Moderate

The combination may need care: a different dose, taking them at different times, or extra check-ups.

Minor

Little or no effect is expected. Usually nothing needs to change.

Duplicate

Two of your medicines contain the same ingredient, which can add up to a double dose.

Important: This checker lists interactions found in medicine leaflets and may not be complete. It does not know your dose, your health conditions, or food and supplement interactions. Never start, stop or change a medicine because of this tool alone: ask a registered doctor or pharmacist.