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health advisory Hospital Alternative Medicine 2007-11-16 3:12:07

Penicillin is contraindicated in people who are allergic to it, and so on.

A good thing to take seriously.

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A Contraindication is a reason why you should avoid a certain medicine. For example, certain painkillers are contra indicated for persons with liver problems. Or perhaps you are already on one kind of medication which could interact with another to give bad side effects.

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contraindications of a medicine means that special cases which under any circumstances cannot take that medicine.

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See medicines are made up of chemicals & poisons which have some force in them and while they are given to cure the disease they also have some side effects / adverse effects like some act on kidneys and therefore they cannot be given to people who are having weak kidneys because it would spoil them completely and hence these medicines are contra indicated for kidney trouble patients. Similarly certain medicines are contraindicated to heart patients, blood pressure patients , pregnant ladies etc etc. There is another contra indication type also this is if one medicine is given to a patient then another medicine which if given at the same time would result in dangerous consequences then both these medicines are contraindicated against one another. In short contraindication simply means that on a certain condition that particular medicine should not be given since it might cause more harm than the good.

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A contra-indication is something that will prevent you from taking the medicine. For example: as a holistic therapist, I am legally required to carry out consultations in order to give me a background history of any medical problems. Certain illnesses