Re: A question.... doc says dont take antibiotic with xanax Debra V

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I agree with u. As before I had to stop working, I was a med tech. and

thinking back, I know some of my patient's were on Xanax and given this

antibiotic, and never do I remember d/c the xanax while giving them the

other.???? Don;t u just love it when the DR, P.A tell u something like this and

can't give u the what kind of reaction it will cause. hope your better soon.

Taje Care Sharon

debra van ness wrote: I went to the doc the

other day. He prescribed Azithromycin for my resp problem and told me " don't

take your Xanax for the 5 days you are on this " . I was dumbfounded. I said

" why " ... He said there would be a terrible interaction. I asked if this was

something new that they had just discovered and he said " I don't know " .

Well, for his info....(He is a P.A.- not my real doc)... I have given these

drugs together for years. I have never seen anyone hurt by it or keel over and

die. And I can find almost nothing on the internet about it. I believe I have

taken it before while I was on Xanax. Ok... Azithromycin is similar to

Erythromycin which is one of the oldest antibiotics. Also I want to know if he

thinks that some nice Xanax withdrawals after 5 days cold turkey would be the

best thing to do. Whatever. I have seen it prescribed many times to people on

Xanax with no problem. I also presume he thinks I take Xanax just for the hell

of it and don't need it.

Needless to say I am taking the crap together. I am about to fill it because I

guess I won't get over this crap without something.

Just venting. And by the way, he does not know I am a R.N. either. He looked at

me like " what would make you ask this " ?????? duh. Alright, if I keel over you

will all know it is because I did not listen to him.

love and hugs,

Debra V.

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I agree with u. As before I had to stop working, I was a med tech. and

thinking back, I know some of my patient's were on Xanax and given this

antibiotic, and never do I remember d/c the xanax while giving them the

other.???? Don;t u just love it when the DR, P.A tell u something like this and

can't give u the what kind of reaction it will cause. hope your better soon.

Taje Care Sharon

debra van ness wrote: I went to the doc the

other day. He prescribed Azithromycin for my resp problem and told me " don't

take your Xanax for the 5 days you are on this " . I was dumbfounded. I said

" why " ... He said there would be a terrible interaction. I asked if this was

something new that they had just discovered and he said " I don't know " .

Well, for his info....(He is a P.A.- not my real doc)... I have given these

drugs together for years. I have never seen anyone hurt by it or keel over and

die. And I can find almost nothing on the internet about it. I believe I have

taken it before while I was on Xanax. Ok... Azithromycin is similar to

Erythromycin which is one of the oldest antibiotics. Also I want to know if he

thinks that some nice Xanax withdrawals after 5 days cold turkey would be the

best thing to do. Whatever. I have seen it prescribed many times to people on

Xanax with no problem. I also presume he thinks I take Xanax just for the hell

of it and don't need it.

Needless to say I am taking the crap together. I am about to fill it because I

guess I won't get over this crap without something.

Just venting. And by the way, he does not know I am a R.N. either. He looked at

me like " what would make you ask this " ?????? duh. Alright, if I keel over you

will all know it is because I did not listen to him.

love and hugs,

Debra V.

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I don't know exactly what planet he just fell from, but here on earth it does

not seem to be a problem taking these two together. LOL. Well, he is a very

nice man. I am just a little rattled about his comment. Who knows too, he has

some computer system there that might have pulled up some very uncommon

interaction and just has to warn me about it even if it is highly unlikely that

it will occur.

Thanks,

hugs,

Debra V.

sharon studley wrote: I

agree with u. As before I had to stop working, I was a med tech. and thinking

back, I know some of my patient's were on Xanax and given this antibiotic, and

never do I remember d/c the xanax while giving them the other.???? Don;t u just

love it when the DR, P.A tell u something like this and can't give u the what

kind of reaction it will cause. hope your better soon. Taje Care Sharon

debra van ness wrote: I went to the doc the

other day. He prescribed Azithromycin for my resp problem and told me " don't

take your Xanax for the 5 days you are on this " . I was dumbfounded. I said

" why " ... He said there would be a terrible interaction. I asked if this was

something new that they had just discovered and he said " I don't know " .

Well, for his info....(He is a P.A.- not my real doc)... I have given these

drugs together for years. I have never seen anyone hurt by it or keel over and

die. And I can find almost nothing on the internet about it. I believe I have

taken it before while I was on Xanax. Ok... Azithromycin is similar to

Erythromycin which is one of the oldest antibiotics. Also I want to know if he

thinks that some nice Xanax withdrawals after 5 days cold turkey would be the

best thing to do. Whatever. I have seen it prescribed many times to people on

Xanax with no problem. I also presume he thinks I take Xanax just for the hell

of it and don't need it.

Needless to say I am taking the crap together. I am about to fill it because I

guess I won't get over this crap without something.

Just venting. And by the way, he does not know I am a R.N. either. He looked at

me like " what would make you ask this " ?????? duh. Alright, if I keel over you

will all know it is because I did not listen to him.

love and hugs,

Debra V.

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Some of these doctors, or other medical personel think that we patients can't

possibly be educated about stuff, and he obviously didn't know Debra was a

nurse.

Maybe he had a brain fart and was getting something mixed up regarding drug

interactions. There are so many out there, and drug names similar, it would be

easy to confuse something.

Jeanne in WI

I agree with u. As before I had to stop working, I was a med tech. and

thinking back, I know some of my patient's were on Xanax and given this

antibiotic, and never do I remember d/c the xanax while giving them the

other.???? Don;t u just love it when the DR, P.A tell u something like this and

can't give u the what kind of reaction it will cause. hope your better soon.

Taje Care Sharon

debra van ness wrote: I went to the doc the

other day. He prescribed Azithromycin for my resp problem and told me " don't

take your Xanax for the 5 days you are on this " . I was dumbfounded. I said

" why " ... He said there would be a terrible interaction. I asked if this was

something new that they had just discovered and he said " I don't know " .

[Guest guest]

I tend to use www.drugdigest.org to check for drug interactions, and with

these two the only thing that came up is something we all know, Xanax and

alcohol. That was it.

I like this site because it also let's you check for herbal remedies too for

interactions.

Annette

Some of these doctors, or other medical personel think that we patients

can't possibly be educated about stuff, and he obviously didn't know Debra

was a nurse.

Maybe he had a brain fart and was getting something mixed up regarding drug

interactions. There are so many out there, and drug names similar, it would

be easy to confuse something.

Jeanne in WI

I agree with u. As before I had to stop working, I was a med tech. and

thinking back, I know some of my patient's were on Xanax and given this

antibiotic, and never do I remember d/c the xanax while giving them the

other.???? Don;t u just love it when the DR, P.A tell u something like this

and can't give u the what kind of reaction it will cause. hope your better

soon. Taje Care Sharon

debra van ness <ladybug75901@... <mailto:ladybug75901%40yahoo.com> >

wrote: I went to the doc the other day. He prescribed Azithromycin for my

resp problem and told me " don't take your Xanax for the 5 days you are on

this " . I was dumbfounded. I said " why " ... He said there would be a terrible

interaction. I asked if this was something new that they had just discovered

and he said " I don't know " .